Jan 30 - We traveled back to the southern part of the South Island to visit Wellington. I am dealing with a bad cold so I stayed on the ship…

Jan 29 - I caught a cold a couple days ago so I stayed on the ship. Nancy walked into to town to check it out and found a very…

Jan 28 - unfortunately, the rain stayed with us today in Napier. But we decided to take a tour anyway and it was well worth it. The city is located within the…

Jan 27 - arrived in Tauranga at 7am. This our first day of rain and it rained pretty hard most of the day. We had a tour booked but decided…

Jan 26 - Our ship pulled away from the dock in Auckland at 6pm. Tonight we had dinner at Murano's,  the ship's best restaurant. It was absolutely outstanding. I had…

Jan 25 - We met a nice couple at breakfast from San Diego that  introduced us to their nephew Chandler, who happens to be the 1st Officer on our ship.…

Jan 24 - this is a sea day on our way back to Auckland. The most notable thing that happened today was playing   a version of "Deal or No…

Jan 23 - we were up early today to get a taxi driver to show us around Tonga. The Kingdom of Tonga is a Polynesian country consisting of 171 islands...but…

Jan 22 - We crossed international dateline on our way to Tonga so it is now Jan 22 again.  We completely missed Jan 21st!  We spent the day watching the…

Jan. 20 - well, it's still Jan 20 and we're in Pago Pago, American Samoa (crossed international dateline overnight). The island has a population about 45,000 residents. Pago Pago, which…