• October 27 spent sailing along the northeast coast of New Guinea
  • seas were flat; sometimes saw islands and land, other times just water
  • trackes us on GPS; knew in those clouds were 13,000 foot mountains
  • believe were near Lae, thus a larger ship
  • loaded with cargo
  • at times villages were on shore beside us
  • the fishing canoes meant a village
  • some villages were on the GPS, others not
  • clouds usually meant mountains inland
  • don't know where these guys came from in the middle of nowhere
  • we also celebrated the South African Rugby World Cup victory
  • the morning of the 28th and Cape Nelson appears, 9 deg S, 150 deg E
  • early arrival at Cape Nelson
  • the Orion posted a map of Cape Nelson with a pin on Tufi
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  • Steep sided rias created by flowing lava penetrate the land
  • fisherman at entrance to Tufi Harbor
  • inactive volcanoes, Mt. Trafalgar, Mt. Hall and Mt. Brittania at 6,000 feet created this wonderl
  • the Tufi Dive Resort helped the ship enjoy the area
  • entrance to Tufi Harbor as we enter
  • the dive resort sits on top of the hill
  • looking inland from Tufi Harbor
  • the dock at Tufi Dive Resort
  • fertile ground, fish and tourists make this a good place for villages
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