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Travel Journal – April 17 – Auckland War Memorial Museum

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New Zealand’s Auckland War Memorial Museum blew us away today. This is another magnificent museum with world-class collections. We’d allocated today as the day to return to the museum so we’d have more time, and were we glad we made that decision.  The Auckland War Memorial Museum has three floors of exhibits. On the ground […]

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Travel Journal – April 16 – Tauranga tour

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We finished our shore excursion about an hour ago. This was another opportunity to learn more about the Maori culture. We were taken into a small marae, which is the gathering place for the Maori. After a traditional ceremony, they entertained us, and then we sang for them. At least there were lots of us […]

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Travel Journal – 15 April – exploring Art Deco in Napier

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Since the land tour a couple of weeks ago, we’ve been surrounded by people who are coughing and sneezing. On the land tour we both fought off the cold that was traveling around. Now, the ship is the same way. I’m dosing myself with lots of Vitamin C to fight this thing off. Still, the […]

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Travel Journal – 14 April – wandering in Wellington New Zealand

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We had a great day in Wellington New Zealand beginning at Zealandia, which is a conservation project set up to help rehabilitate the native New Zealand ecosystem. The project began twenty-four years ago and is barely scratching the surface, but they have 600 volunteers who are helping. One of the biggest challenges with this type […]

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Travel Journal – 13 April – Picton New Zealand

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This entry is actually for April 12 and 13. Our shore excursions were canceled on the morning of the 12th. Akaroa is a small port where we needed to tender into the port, but the winds were up to 30 mph and higher so we couldn’t get off the ship. The other problem was that […]

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Travel Journal – 11 April – exploring Dunedin in New Zealand

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Today we had our first shore excursion where we left the ship. We returned to Port Chalmers and Dunedin for a tour of the Olveston House and the botanic gardens. Olveston House was interesting, filled with antiques from its original owners. The highlight of the day was the trip to the gardens, where there are […]

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Travel Journal – 10 Apr – the fjords of New Zealand including Milford Sound

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Wow! What a day. We started out going into Milford Sound at 6 AM. It seemed strange going in so early—after all, it wasn’t even light yet. However, the cliffs lining the sides of the fjord were hazy ghost images that held a great deal of drama. The further into the sound we traveled, the […]

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Travel Journal – 9 Apr – on the Tasman Sea and more from Australia

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The ship’s time advanced an hour again last night, which put us on New Caledonia Standard Time. I never thought about it before, but if you don’t like Daylight Savings Time and the changing of the clocks twice a year, think about doing that nearly every day! When I got up this morning to start […]

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Travel Journal – 8 Apr – first full day sailing on the Tasman Sea

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I was up early yesterday, just as the sun was rising over the Tasman Sea and the ship was coming alive. People drifted slowly into the Lido Deck dining room and the hum level in the room rose steadily.  It was our first full day at sea and the ship was rolling more than either […]

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Travel Journal – 6 Apr – touring Sydney and the museums

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Our hotel, Mantra 2 Bond Street, was a good news/bad news story. The location couldn’t have been better, but there were a few things that can best be described as “quirky.” The photos will give some insight as to what we mean. On the night we arrived, we noticed our driver took a roundabout way to […]

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