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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 »