So we got a good surprise today. Our expedition leader Brad has been trying for days to get permission for us to go ashore at Anadyr to no avail. We arrived at about 9.00 am to a lot of Beluga whales. You just see there white backs as they surface, but there were a lot of them

We had turned in all our boots at 3.30 pm and at 4.00 pm he finally got permission for us to go ashore. They managed to put steps and boxes down so we could get on shore without boots.

This was much better than we expected. A beautiful church and a great museum. I am NOT usually a person who likes museums but this was good. First floor for children but we had fun in this area. Second floor ivory carvings, pictures and art. Top floor was the best. Lots of clothing sleighs and stuffed animals representing the arctic region.

On the zodiac ride back we looked for whales and got pretty close to them including a mother and baby

Great to get off the ship one last time.