Thursday 6th September 2018
Bonus sail past of an active volcano....through an unfortunate situation. Normaly we would not have seen this volcano in day light if the ship had sailed past as it would have been during the night but our day was made more interesting by this sight.
The volcano was 1.5 kms away from us on the port side of the ship as we sailed between the larger island of Java and this smoking mountain. I was surprised to see some stilted huts along the shore line at the base of this volitile island. There were what looked like crops growing at the rear of the huts and small fishing boats anchored nearby.
the last major eruption was in 2014 when the ash had spread 150-200 kms away over the Kimberleys in Western Australia and Darwin in Northern Territory. Flights in and out of Darwin were suspended for the duration.
The ship's course then took us past Komodo Island where to famous dragons reside.
From there we sailed at 19.2 knots, with the hope of increased speed at night when the ocean's current will flow with the direction of the Majestic Princess.
Sangeang Volcano
Yacht sailing past the straight between the volcano and main island.
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