Today we anchored in the Bay of Islands in Northern New Zealand. This was a beautiful area although we did not get to see the blue green waters because the sky was cloudy and gray. But even so, it had the majestic feel that so many bays have where the mountains come nearly to the water’s edge.
We didn’t know what we were going to do today and Linda and Stan were thinking of staying on the ship. While Bruce and I were pondering what to do, several pods of dolphins began swimming around the ship. The next thing we saw were the tour boats coming out by our ship to see the dolphins.
We took the tender to land and a free shuttle bus took us to Paihia. We walked around, went to a craft show and ate some ice cream.
There were several things we thought about doing but nothing seemed to work out. We decided to head back to the ship. Lazy us went in the hot tub and pool and later played cards with Linda and Stan. That was eventful enough for us.
I think the dolphin siting this morning was the highlight of this stop. However, the sky started to clear a bit when we set sail.
Today was a sea day so we didn’t do much. We did have formal night tonight and I had two lobster tails. Yummy!
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