Aboard MV Logos Hope

I love books. I love the sea. I love meeting new people. I love having fun. I love exploring something new and exciting. What better way to mix all these things than to go aboard the MV Logos Hope.

MV Logos Hope is basically a ship which sells books. Its crew is made up of volunteers from all over the world. MV Logos Hope now replaces the MV Doulos which has visited the Philippines many years back. I haven't tried going inside the MV Doulos that's why the bookworm in me is twitching to go and check the MV Logos Hope.

The ship was docked at Pier 1. For my first visit, I went there with my friends. We joined the queue of people waiting to buy their tickets and go inside the ship. It was kinda hot since we went there in the afternoon and the queue was quite long.

At last, when we reached the ticket booth, we were greeted by a cheerful smile from one of their crew members. 

As we went inside, we were first ushered to a row of seats with a screen at the front. One of the crew was making a presentation about the MV Logos Hope, how the books are priced, location of the exit, and other fun stuff that we can do inside the ship.

When the presentation was finished, we then hurried to the shelves of different books. They have a quite a range of books like kids books, novels, cookbooks, Bible, and so many others. They sell supplies too like notepads, notebooks, and pens. Of course, it's hard to leave the MV Logos Hope without a souvenir, so they sell those kinds of things too.

      

As you get past the array of books, you will then enter a hallway with pictures along the wall. As you continue walking, you will realize that the pictures portray a modern version of a famous story - The Prodigal Son. It was really interesting to look at, and a good place to have your pictures taken too.

 

Aside from all those things, they have an area where you can place post-its on the wall for your messages about MV Logos Hope, an area where kids can be entertained, an area where you can listen to their band while munching on some snacks, and if you want an educational tour about HIV, they have that too.

                                                    

 

As we were going out, the crew gave us some booklets and free books! I really enjoyed my experience there that I had to go back with my mother and sister. Here's a pic of some of the books I bought, as well as the booklets given to us.