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01/12/25 Mon. This evening was the official lighting of the Christmas tree in the People's Park, so we were treated to an impressive firework display.  The tree is around 150 feet high, and about 1.5 km to the north of us, so we have a fairly good view from the boat.

02/12/25 Tues. The second of two cruise ships (M/S Westerdam) arrived this morning, they only stay for 12 hours before leaving for their next port.  We spent most of the day over in the yacht club making the pattern for one of John's trampolines - that is proving a long job for Ana.

12/12/25 Fri. We went to the airport this evening to meet Ana's daughter Ella who is staying with us for a couple of weeks.

14/12/25 Sun. Ana has done all she can to make John's trampolines and has been waiting for materials to continue, but deliveries here are very slow.  I too have been waiting weeks for a few things that I ordered online.

19/12/25 Fri. Over on Rob's boat today to try and fix his generator, it's a Farymann 18W and refusing to start.  A compression test showed 150psi so I removed the head and lapped the valves. After reassembly, the compression had not improved, so it has to be the piston rings or the liner itself that is worn beyond limits.  As they are no longer made, getting parts is going to be very difficult.

24/12/25 Wed. Went over to the yacht club at 4pm, the yachties had arranged a pot luck meal for Christmas, we sat with Rob and Tia and I even had a sort of Irish coffee except it was brandy as no whiskey available.

25/12/25  Thurs. Merry Christmas everyone!

29/12/25 Mon. "Norwegian Sun" cruise liner docked for the day.

31/12/25 Wed. The end of the year is upon us! The Filipinos love to make a lot of noise at midnight, but they practice some hours beforehand!  Unsilenced motorbike engines are revved up, fireworks are prematurely set off, horns are blown by all the kids. Thank goodness it's only for one night!

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