Manado, Indonesia: The beach

We traveled to the city of Manado, Indonesia on the island of Sulawesi to meet up with Toby's parents last week. Why Manado? Well, Jack and Jan knew someone there who offered to let us stay at their resort the Murex. I would highly reccomend it especially if you like to scuba dive.



We stayed in little bungalows that looked out on lush greenery, a little stream and the ocean. It was an all inclusive resort so we had breakfast, lunch, and dinner prepared for us in an outdoor eating area. It was great!

The sleeping arrangements changed each night for our family. The first night T and E stayed in the same room while I shared a room with A. The next night A and E started out together, but I later joined them leaving T in a room by himself. This arrangement seemed to work the best since A was waking up more often since her schedule was off and E didn't seem to be bothered by her crying.

The first full day we woke to a wonderful breakfast and then decided to go to the beach. Where we were staying was a dive resort and didn't have a white sandy beach so we had to take a boat to a small island about 45 minutes away.

One of the men who ran the resort said he put his son in a basket while on the boat and he fell asleep. We tried it with A, but she preferred to sleep in my arms.

While A continued to sleep, the rest of the group headed out into the water. It was so clear.

After an hour or so we had lunch. The resort prepared sandwiches and fruit for us to eat. They even made us dessert sandwiches made of bread smeared with butter and chocolate sprinkles. It was very good.

Gramps having fun with A.

While we were eating we were literal surrounded by onlookers. They thought E and A were so cute. After they stopped taking pictures, Jan asked if we could get their picture.

Back in the water Jan found these starfish with "chocolate chips" on the top of them.

On the way back to the resort a few people took a nap.