No Gisborne, at sea instead

We were to have visited Gisborne today but the Captain announced during breakfast that, because it is a tender port, it would be unsafe to do so today. He explained that six foot waves were expected by the afternoon which would make it unsafe to operate tender boats. Made sense to us!

We didn’t have any excursions booked or anything in particular we were eager to see there so we were quite content to have a restful day at sea. We didn’t do much of anything other than have dinner with our new friends Bill and Terry who are from Toronto. They coincidentally are also going to the Paris Olympics this summer so we’re excited to meet up with them there as well as in Toronto.Read more