2.6

The first part of the day we went to a local church at the very top of the mountain. It was mostly in Tok Pisin, the trade language, and some of the “tok ples” (mother tongue) of the mountain (called Nobnob). The Nobnob people have a New Testament in their language, but they are still working on translating the Old Testament. They are also making song books and other things to use in their language. I didn’t understand anything, but it was interesting seeing all the people. The church is small and has simple wood benches. Men sit on one side and women on the other and most of the children sat in the front next to the guitar player. The songs were the highlight of the service and EVERYONE sang! It was fun ^_^

Then in the afternoon we had the option again to go to the resort for snorkeling. It’s called Jais Aben and looks like a completely different world from the mountain. There’s manicured lawns and little houses you can rent (WITH AC!). But we couldn’t go in those because we didn’t pay. We just went to lounge in their restaurant and snorkel. I took some pictures with my underwater camera! The top one is part of a bright blue starfish and the bottom is a close up of some super bright yellow coral!