Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Today I got up for a stop at Rarotonga, Cook Islands. About the time I was ready for breakfast, The captain announced that because of sea conditions it was not safe for the tenders to transfer us to the Island. I took my camera and took some pictures from the ship before the ship left the area. Two years ago the ship also stopped at Rarotonga and because of the sea conditions we also did not get off the ship.
The ship announced a new program because we could not tour Rarotonga. At 10 AM, Melvyn Foster talked about Women Pirates of the Sea Lanes. He talked about the surprising number of bravely intrepid women who choose a fugitive's life of sea piracy, and their more recent counterparts in crime. At 2 PM, Gerald McCormack gave insight into the French's time in the Pacific and the islands that have current connections and the future of these connections.
Soon after the captain announced that we were leaving the Cook Islands area, he told us that a Tropical storm is brewing and is going to affect our call at Alofi, Niue. He told us that if we arrive at Alofi as scheduled on Friday, the storms will be right on top of us. Winds would be 40 mph and waves up to 12 feet and also raining cats and dogs. Thus the call would be impossible so he turned the ship toward Tonga at a rate of speed which will takes us away from the storm. Thus we will cause the International date line on Friday and arrive at Tonga at 7 PM and stay in Tonga until 4 PM on Monday.
Tonight after dinner, the show was put on by Airborne. The show included comedy, juggling and visual effects.
Below are some pictures that I took of Rarotonga, Cook Islands from the ship.
This is a picture of Rarotonga, Cook Islands as taken from the ship.
This is a picture of Rarotonga, Cook Islands as taken from the ship.
This is a picture of Rarotonga, Cook Islands as taken from the ship.
This is a picture of Rarotonga, Cook Islands as taken from the ship of the last view.
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