Typical Sea Day

There have been a lot of sea days as we crossed the Pacific so I though I would tell everyone what a typical sea day is for me.

6:15 - The breakfast I ordered the night before arrives at my cabin
8:00 - Sit and Fit exercise
9:00 - Tai Chi
10:00 - Travel talk about one of our next ports. (Full of information about what to do at the port, much of it things to do on your own.)
11:15 - How to make some of the dishes served on the ship
12:00 - lunch
1:00 - to the gym t o exercise
2:00 - Chi Gong
3:00- On my own for spa or reading
5:30 - Dinner in the dining room (usually lasts until 7:00)
8:00- Evening show in the Queens Lounge

After the show I can go to one of the lounges for more music or just go to my cabin. I have been surprised by how busy my sea days are. There is a large schedule to choose from each day. I could fill the free spaces if I wished.

Rarotonga

We arrived at Rarotonga today in very heavy seas. This is a tender port and because of the weather all shore tours were canceled. We are sailing on the New Zealand. I did get two pictures, one of the island before we left and one of the rainbow over the ocean.

Bora Bora

The third Polynesian Island we visited was Bora Bora. I walked around in Tahiti, snorkeled in Moorea and in Bora Bora I took a tour around the island. Like Moorea ,Bora Bora looked like what I expected. It is very lush, green and pretty. There is one road around the island. There were houses on a both sides of the road for most of the trip. We stopped several times for pictures, once for shopping and one last time at Bloody Mary's for pictures and to purchase a drink.

There are three photos of me, one with our guide, one at the beach where we stopped (just a few of us went in and waded in the water), and one of me at Bloody Mary's.

Moorea

Moorea is the second island we visited in French Polynesia. It looked like what I expected a island in French Polynesia to look like. I took a snorkeling tour here. The boat and the water were great. The snorkeling only so, so. We did stop to feed the rays and swim with the sharks. That part was very well done. The snorkeling was very difficult. Not many fish and a very strong current that kept brings me back to the boat. Most of the people gave up early but there were eight of us who stayed in the water the entire time.
The pictures are of the island, our guide feeding the rays with a shark hanging near ( just before we all got in the water), and the group that greater up on the dock.

Tahiti

We had good weather here at Tahiti. A friend and I went out and walked around the town. I brought back a lovely bouquet of flowers for my stateroom. The island is very built up and not all of it is pretty. If I were going there it would be to stay at one of the resorts but I think one of the other islands would be my first choice. Below are a few pictures from Tahiti. One is a stone figure in the park near the pier and the other is one of the native groups that greeted us on the dock.
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Science Fiction Extras

These were on the dock at San Martin Port in Peru. They look like they might be alien characters in a Science Fiction Movie or maybe characters in Dr. WHo.

Towel Animals

When I get back to my cabin each night my bed is turned down and a piece of chocolate is on the pillow. On the other bed there is a towel animal, a different one each night. They join my Alpaca Teddy Bear I purchased in the Indian Market in Lima. Here the two are together.


Jo Jones