Lest you think that all I do is work. . . we sometimes enjoy the beach. The closest one would be 15 minutes on Roads back in America. When you consider that we have to ford creeks, cross World War II Allied force bridges, dodge insane motor cycle drivers and countless other hazards 45 minutes is makin’ great time.
The beach we enjoy is nothing special but our latest discovery was a spot where a trove of sea glass washes to shore on a regular basis. We also discovered tons of live reefs starting right on the edge of cliffs. When snorkeling one can see Clown fish and sea cucumbers, Angels fish and flying fish, coral varieties in all sorts of colors of the rainbow. I think God created some pretty amazing stuff under the sea.
Photo 1: The Boyd boys and the Stumph boy’s show off some the variety of coral and shells they found washed up on the shore.
Photo 2: Our friend John Stump fish watching.
Photo 3: Floating fish shacks with dug out canoes tied up.
One of our favorite things is the shade trees that line the whole beach. And native peoples live and work right on the beach.
From the cove just beyond this cliff the Allied forces surprised the Japaneese with a mass armada of General McArthurs ships. They were expected to come about 40 miles east of here in Jayapura (then known as Hollandia) but instead they landed here and built the road that we drive still today into Sentani where they took over the airfield from the Japaneese. Local people still find bullets and every so often some live rounds catch unsuspecting farmers or fishermen. We love to snorkel right below the cliffs where beautiful correl and fish team.
I’ve seen old World War II photo’s with this whole bay filled with ships. Today it’s just a great get away. Tis a fantastic stress reliever for the day.
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