My checklist: go for a swim, drink a beer and dance.

Did I mention the goats?? There were goats everywhere! All over the island and in the residences. Funny thing, I also saw chickens and cats everywhere but I never saw any dogs. Apparently they do have dogs though, one of our patient had a dog bite that had gotten infected.

While we were at the beach, they did a traditional dance? for us. It really was a bunch of guys holding a bamboo pole and shuffling their feet around while being chased by another guy with a bunch of burning sticks. Very different than the entertainment we're used to. Anyway, they got a couple of us to volunteer and yell the phrase "daddy go boom" (or at least thats what it sounded like to us)! :)

The beach covered in litter with kids playing soccer. Inside of our mystery machine (think ScoobyDoo)! We were rocking out to whatever pop music was on this drivers mp3 player as we cruised down the road with the door open and very little wiggle room. Our mystery machine named "RockStar" from the outside.My $10 beer in Ternate. They don't serve alcohol at the restaurants in town because this is a Muslim country. There are a few hotels that are exceptions to the rule, of course it's where the Navy put up their advance team. This particular place told me they had two options, Guinness and Bintang. But they were out of Guinness. So I had to try one of theirs...it was on my checklist. :)