Remarkable Creation

I promised to share a little more from Madang since last time I only made it up to our arrival.

I would like to share some snap shots of the beauty we were able to enjoy.  

It is amazing if you get up close and look at all of the intricate patterns and delicate details of God's amazing creation

It was amazing to see the variety of size, shape, color and pattern of shells that we found (or if you read Carters blog that I paid the kids to find; you know holiday money).  All of these where at one time home to something and as Kaleb found out some of them had not yet been vacated.   After putting a nice shell in his pocket and latter receiving a pinch, he discovered he also had a pet hermit crab who came along to dinner that night.
The pictures I shared are of what we enjoyed on land, however in Madang there is a whole other world in the water.  Much of our time spent on holidays was in the water.  Just off the shore of the place we were staying we could snorkel and relive the life of Nemo (except for the shark parts, thankfully).  The boys also started studying previous to departing and committed much of a week of their time while in Madang taking a diving course.  They had to study and work hard but in the end came away with some amazing experiences, like diving to a plane wreck, and are now proud owners of their very own open water dive licences.
We would have had some photos to share of the amazing under water world except that  shortly after taking a bunch our camera was stolen, along with the backpack it was in which held several other valuables.  That was really crumby, and now you will just have to take our word for the splendour we experienced, or I guess option two is coming for a visit to see with your own eyes!
Mel for the Marshes