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Hiking an Extinct Volcano in Tauranga
We had a great time tonight, perhaps a bit too much in fact! We found out that they do indeed have St. GermainView full post »
Embarkation Day – Take Two
I am pleased to announce that today will be the last packing/unpacking event for us for some time! Yea! I can’tView full post »
A Super Game and Dinner on Super Bowl Monday!
We had a grey day in Auckland today, but no rain. It turns out that this summer has been the wettest and greyest thatView full post »
Kiwis Keep us in the Dark in Auckland
You’d think it would be easy to find a Kiwi in Auckland, wouldn’t you? No, not the kind that we saw yesterday orView full post »
Threatening Tongues in Tauranga
Unfortunately, there was a loud knocking noise that happened multiple times last night that woke me repeatedly. NotView full post »
Oysters, Wine and Rain
Today we arrived at the Bay of Islands in Northern New Zealand, expecting (as forecast), a warm sunny day. We drewView full post »
Rock and Roll at Sea
It was a pretty wild ride last night. Dale and I both took anti-seasick medicine and slept OK. The best way I’veView full post »
The “Paris” of French Polynesia?
We had a restful night docked in New Caledonia and we set out early in the morning to check out the sights. Nouméa isView full post »
Muddy in Melanesia
This has been a pretty soggy trip so far…not much sunshine and no good sunrise or sunset opportunities. We’ve had aView full post »