Sunday, January 29. 28 hours from Tonga. Bucketing Rain most of the day.
We are a woesome pair at present, fog crowds the horizon and rain pelts down upon us. However our colds are waning and we will join the dinner table tonight.
We are due in to Nuku Alofa, Tonga at 7:00 AM tomorrow. Hopefully to better weather than today.
We have been across the Pacific Ocean a few times, perhaps four times. The first was in 1999 on a P&O Ship Oriana when we went from England eastward through the Mediterranean and the Suez Canal. That was our first long cruise: 90 days I believe. When we left Sydney, Australia, the Pacific Islands were all new to us and so was cruising. We were 24 years younger and everything was all very exciting to us.
For some time, to me, the Pacific Islands have been a bit of a ‘Thing’ that we have to get through to travel around the world. Look at a map, when we get to New Zealand we will have travelled 1/4 of the way around the world, but will have been on sea days 17 of the 29 days aboard the ship. For some reason the places we have stopped at have also been somewhat unremarkable. I suppose I have to refer back to my comment the other day when I said ‘It’s the journey not the destination.’ Shake your head and get real Doug, look where you are and what you are doing!!!
I have probably been confined to our cabin for too long and have Cabin Fever.
A Long Gray Day…
The following addendum added by Craig...
Meanwhile back home, Jeanette, Robert, and Adrienne hosted a Burns' Supper with Barbara & Garth, and good friends Sue & Dave. Apparently, Dave memorized the entire traditional Address to The Haggis, and delivered it with GREAT flair and drama in a very convincing Scottish Brogue. After supper, Garth gave a moving Toast to the Lasses. Well done you guys!
It looks like a scene from a Jack London novel of an Atlantic Winter Crossing.
Our daughter Jeanette preparing this year's Burns' Supper back home. She borrowed Fellette's full length Sutherland tartan kilt for the occasion!
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