Auckland Terminal

Waiting to check in
Boarding

Home for a day

First stop. Tauranga! Fun to see our town and Mount from a new angle... richard n i just being tourists see his wee face in the porthole of our room.
Bay of Islands

Tendering in to Paihia. Glow worm tour coming up.
Kawiti Glow worm cave

This is a well done spot to visit. Excellent guides and awesome viewing of the gloworms. Limestone cave as good as any...
Puketi Kauri Forest

Kauri trees...some very nice specimens. wee stop at te rewa a reconstructed Maori village the roosters were quite friendly.
Bye Bye NZ

The last of then nth island fades away as we head to New Caledonia.
At Sea

Heading to New Caledonia ... all day. Time for some Canyon Spa treatments. Noticing the air warming up outside too. Most pleasant.
chillaxin spa day

time changed by one hr course we forgot so up with the birds. reflexology n pedicure for me deep tissue massage for Richard. hope we find someone to play cards with today.
Happy Hour!

Arriving Noumea

Always fun watching our arrival included nice welcome performance by a local troupe.
Noumea

Second visit here, no better than the first. Next time we find ourselves in Noumea I think we have to take an excursion and go to the beaches maybe snorkelling. That said...we arrived late so thoseLeia mais
Isle of Pines

Just a couple of lovely beaches
Arriving in Suva Fiji

Suva Fiji

Stop for a day...tight squeeze at the dock! 9am was 28C and a bit steamy. Nice when on holiday 😁
Lautoka Fiji

Nice spot for a Happy Birthay, eh Sheila?
Cultural Experience Lautoka

Took a tour to a remote village where we experienced a Kava ceremony, a mud treatment, a massage and nice mineral bathing. A+ day! About 30C most of the day but not much direct sun...quite OK as we'veLeia mais
Celebrating birthday with new friends

went to Red Ginger for Sheila's birthday with 2 couples we've met from NZ. 1 from our hm town n 1 from Thames. how lucky are we!
Docked in Apia Samoa

Highly humid, a bit of rain, very tropical.
Apia Samoa

Great stop here in Apia. Took the shuttle to town and stumbled on a fantastic cultural park. Non stop Samoan song and dance...watched an umu being set down, enjoyed the food thus prepared, saw a tapaLeia mais
Pago Pago American Samoa

Port in this tiny island. US territory in the Pacific. Quite a lot of industry and port commerce.
Cultural Tour Pago Pago

Short tour to see the culture. Not as good as Samoa (dancing to sound system music here vs actual drums ukulele guitars and singing in Samoa). Roads clogged with big vehicles and rather bumpyLeia mais
Bora Bora

Wow. Spectacularly beautiful. Just arrived and at anchor...we tender in today. Sheila arrived in style...in the hot tub at front of ship!
Snorkelling in Bora Bora

swam with stingrays and sharks gentle graceful creatures. coral is beautiful but much is dying. sunscreen is killing the coral in addition to other factors. who wld hv thought??
Bye Bye Bora Bora

Spectacular show in the sky as we depart for Moorea...