Indonesia 2019 | Yambuba Village in Central Raja Ampat

January 15
We sat still last night, and had dinner outside on the upper deck.

Wendy, our Snorkeling Etc. Escort

Margaret, on her way up to the top deck

Karen, Pat and Susan relaxing on the bow (laundry room)

Lightening over one of the islands

Bill, Margaret and Anthony on the top deck

We've been in and out of the water a couple of times today, and then this afternoon visited a quaint village called Yambuba. Unlike so many places, it's orderly, with a main street straight from the jetty, and side streets on a basic grid, many-coloured painted houses, fencing in yellow, green and blue all round, and lots of warm, smiling faces. I was glad to have my camera. We walked through town, and then along the beach, chatting as we went, asking lots of questions or Irwan who seemed to be familiar with everyone and everything.

But first, take a close look here and see if you can't see a mermaid. She's under the jetty, at Yambuba. We did look for her the next day, but she was gone. I call it Crazy Rich Asians 3.

"Mermaid" (costume) under the jetty at Yambuba

Here's some village photos.

Mostly blue houses, green and yellow and blue fences.

These shelters are painted to celebrate the new year and will be repainted for Easter and other occasions.

Robert and Alex decided to charge for photos. No wonder!

This is a loom, that will one day be a large carpet.