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| Miss Ruth on the Lido Deck with us |
Saturday, November 30, 2019
Day 61--at Sea
a day at sea after yesterday's bypass of Alofi, Nuie.. a salvaged
sunrise at 616am this early morning that turned into a windy 18kts
overcast day with the sun peeking out every now and then thruout the
morning..75°.. the clocks moved forward 1 hour overnight--now we are on
Hawaii-Polynesia time 5 hours behind the East Coast.. spending the
morning out on the Lido Deck-aft as per my usual when out at sea..
breezy but nice
Friday, November 29, 2019
Day 60- at Sea --Day 2 Crossing the International Dateline Nov 29 AGAIN
looks like today will be a good old fashion Brooklyn style 'do-over' as
we crossed back over the International Dateline in the overnite from
west to east so we will be REPEATING Friday Nov 29.. giving us 2 Black
Fridays--yikes does it get any more better-er than that..
at 8am Captain made the announcement.. due to unsafe tendering conditions at the port dock with large rollers breaking onshore he decided to cancel Alofi, Niue for today as we get ready to set sail away toward our next port of call- Raritonga with arrival on Sunday.. been there done this at tender ports before.. had a bad feeling earlier this morning before Sunrise with flat seas and large rollers as we made our approach to the island.. one must adapt
at 8am Captain made the announcement.. due to unsafe tendering conditions at the port dock with large rollers breaking onshore he decided to cancel Alofi, Niue for today as we get ready to set sail away toward our next port of call- Raritonga with arrival on Sunday.. been there done this at tender ports before.. had a bad feeling earlier this morning before Sunrise with flat seas and large rollers as we made our approach to the island.. one must adapt
Day 59-- Neiafu, Tonga --Day 1
arrival
730am Neiafu, Tonga at our anchorage in this beautiful and picturesque
bay of small islands.. a very small tender port that will make us decide
on a plan for the day.. a quiet place.. FYI.. this is Friday Nov 29 for
us-- still a day ahead and 6 hours behind East Coast time.. the FIRST of 2 Friday Nov 29th's because of the International Dateline crossing tomorrow morning
10am-- it was off the ship and on to the tender for the ride into the town dock.. a short stay --only until 230pm so decided to just hang around and walk thru the small town grabbing a local beer for a sit-down refreshment at the 'Dancing Rooster' pub.. good beaches too far away.. walked to St Joseph's Church.. quaint.. as we walked down the steps we spotted a local's pet 'oink oink' right in the next yard near the church.. he was sitting in a mudhole.. looked at us and rolled around in it to cool off.. he put on a show.. still laughing about it..some funny stuff.. a pretty 81°blue sky day..
10am-- it was off the ship and on to the tender for the ride into the town dock.. a short stay --only until 230pm so decided to just hang around and walk thru the small town grabbing a local beer for a sit-down refreshment at the 'Dancing Rooster' pub.. good beaches too far away.. walked to St Joseph's Church.. quaint.. as we walked down the steps we spotted a local's pet 'oink oink' right in the next yard near the church.. he was sitting in a mudhole.. looked at us and rolled around in it to cool off.. he put on a show.. still laughing about it..some funny stuff.. a pretty 81°blue sky day..
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| small PILOT boat |
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| taken from the tender enroute to shore |
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| mailing the POSTCARD |
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