Just as we were about to sail from Pago Pago the captain gave us an update regarding the tropical cyclone. It was now some 750 miles south of the ship and still going in a southerly direction. However he did warn that the air was still very disturbed and we would experience some 36 hours of rough weather, a swell of 5 metres and if we needed medication we should take some that evening!
Well we haven’t needed any yet and didn’t take any this time, but there were a few empty tables at dinner! Very peculiar movement when there is a heavy swell, first pitching and then rolling followed by what seems to be going into some very deep potholes as the whole ship ‘shudders’ as her bow hits the water!
Absolutely poured down all day yesterday (Thursday) but thankfully our arrival into Noumea this morning (Friday) was blues skies and sunshine again. We had arranged to take a tour to the botanical gardens for a couple of hours just really to do something different.
All the birds were under netting or in cages with very small netting so almost impossible to take photographs.
We went back to the ship for a reviving glass of wine with lunch (nothing changes!), then took the shuttle back into town to have a look around. We were there all of half an hour as the good shops were extremely expensive (it’s a French territory) and the others weren’t worth going into!
We sail at 1630 for Brisbane where we arrive on Sunday. We are now GMT +10.
We are awaiting an update regarding New Zealand after the devastating earthquake in Christchurch. The port we would have used was Lyttleton which was the epicentre and is very badly damaged as I’m sure everyone saw on the news.
That’s all for now, will post again after Brisbane on Sunday.
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