Auckland Terminal
April 23, 2017 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Waiting to check in
Boarding
April 23, 2017 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Home for a day
April 24, 2017 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
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
April 25, 2017 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
Tendering in to Paihia. Glow worm tour coming up.
Kawiti Glow worm cave
April 25, 2017 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
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
April 25, 2017 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Kauri trees...some very nice specimens. wee stop at te rewa a reconstructed Maori village the roosters were quite friendly.
Bye Bye NZ
April 25, 2017, South Pacific Ocean ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
The last of then nth island fades away as we head to New Caledonia.
At Sea
April 26, 2017, South Pacific Ocean ⋅ ⛅ 4 °C
Heading to New Caledonia ... all day. Time for some Canyon Spa treatments. Noticing the air warming up outside too. Most pleasant.
chillaxin spa day
April 26, 2017, South Pacific Ocean ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
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!
April 26, 2017, South Pacific Ocean ⋅ 🌫 13 °C
Arriving Noumea
April 27, 2017 in New Caledonia ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Always fun watching our arrival included nice welcome performance by a local troupe.
Noumea
April 27, 2017 in New Caledonia ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
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 thoseRead more
Isle of Pines
April 28, 2017 in New Caledonia ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Just a couple of lovely beaches
Arriving in Suva Fiji
April 30, 2017 in Fiji ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Suva Fiji
April 30, 2017 in Fiji ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Stop for a day...tight squeeze at the dock! 9am was 28C and a bit steamy. Nice when on holiday 😁
Lautoka Fiji
May 1, 2017 in Fiji ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
Nice spot for a Happy Birthay, eh Sheila?
Cultural Experience Lautoka
May 1, 2017 in Fiji ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
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'veRead more
Celebrating birthday with new friends
May 1, 2017, South Pacific Ocean ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
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
May 3, 2017 in Samoa ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
Highly humid, a bit of rain, very tropical.
Apia Samoa
May 3, 2017 in Samoa ⋅ 🌧 28 °C
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 tapaRead more
Pago Pago American Samoa
May 3, 2017 in American Samoa ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
Port in this tiny island. US territory in the Pacific. Quite a lot of industry and port commerce.
Cultural Tour Pago Pago
May 3, 2017 in American Samoa ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
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 bumpyRead more
Bora Bora
May 6, 2017 in French Polynesia ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
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
May 7, 2017 in French Polynesia ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
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
May 7, 2017 in French Polynesia ⋅ 🌙 28 °C
Spectacular show in the sky as we depart for Moorea...



































































































