Thursday, February 2, 2017
Today the ship arrived at the Marshall Islands at 8 AM. The Marshall Islands were used by the USA for bomb test. At Majuro where the ship docked the land was a narrow strip of land in a semi-circle. I left the ship and took a shuttle bus to a museum. It was a distance of about 5 miles. I took a tour of the museum and listend to some music put on by the locals and then walked about 5 minutes to the post office where I bought some stamps. I was back on the ship by about 11 AM. The show tonight was put on by Lance Ringnald. He put on a variety show of jugging, played some piano and showed off his Gymnast skills. His Gymnast skills were hand stands and he spent time on silks hanging from the ceiling. Lance is now in his 40's and won gold medals in the Olympics. He was world champion several times and was in the 1988 and 1992 Olympics. Lance was also on the 2015 World Cruise.
Majuro is the capital and largest city of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. It is also a large coral atoll of 64 islands in the Pacific Ocean. It forms a legislative district of the Ratak (Sunrise) Chain of the Marshall Islands. The atoll has a land area of 9.7 square kilometres (3.7 sq mi) and encloses a lagoon of 295 square kilometres (114 sq mi). As with other atolls in the Marshall Islands, Majuro consists of narrow land masses.
The main population center, named Delap-Uliga-Djarrit, DUD - three contiguous motus, had 20,301 people as of 2012. Majuro has a port, shopping district, hotels, and an international airport.
This picture was taken from the ship of some fishing boats.
This picture was taken from the ship.
This picture was taken from the bus. It may be some kind of government building.
This is a picture of the court house.
This is a picture of the main street in Majuro.
This is a picture of the shore across on the other side of the island from where the ship is located.
This is a picture of the main street in Majuro.
This picture was taken in the Alele Museum.
This picture was taken in the Alele Museum. This is a fish catcher.
This picture was taken in the Alele Museum. This is a model of an old boat.
This picture was taken in the Alele Museum. This is called a stick Navigator used by the old navigators.
This is a picture of some of the natives of some items they were selling.
This is a picture of some goods they were selling
This is a picture of some of the natives.
This picture was taken from the ship.
This picture was taken from the ship. Note how narrow the island is.
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