Bitung
Bitung is on the north eastern tip of Sulawesi and is rarely visited by cruise ships. We were the first for 2025 and typically only four or five ships visit a year. The local people were particularly friendly and inquisitive and nearly all would say hello and there was lots of tooting and waving. They were very excited to see visitors.
The temperature was slightly less than the previous few days but the humidity was higher. The tours on offer were all day activities which involved long distances driving in non air conditioned buses so we again chose to just wander the streets.
While the footpaths were significantly better than the previous couple of ports you still need to watch your footing.
Despite being in a quite remote part of the world we still found some elements of “civilisation” 😀
Despite some OH&S shortcomings they seemed to be well up with waste management and recycling. They have colour coded bins for organic, inorganic, paper, hazardous and general waste.
As we sailed away the locals came out to wave us off with some dancing and music.
Jim and Sue's Gray Nomad Adventures 
Love that footpath (though not the one with the big hole!) The church is interesting too.
The colour-coded bins remind me of our son’s experience in Japan in 2005-8. They had multiple bins too, and he, with his minimal Japanese, and before Google Translate, was greatly challenged in working out what goes where. It felt like Japan was way ahead of us in sorting rubbish and recycling, though how well people followed the instructions I have no idea.