Wednesday, January 25. Robbie Burns Day. 27 C. Gentle swell, blue sky. Still two hours behind West Coast Time.
There are four sea days from our last Port, Raiatea and our next port: Tonga. It is very difficult to describe where on a map, but we are about 3/4 of the way between South America its bulge at the top and Australia. How is that for precise navigating!
During those four days we will ‘Lose a Day'. That is right, we pass over The International Date Line and we skip Saturday, January 28. However we will then be a day AHEAD of you. Don’t overthink it!
The Kingdom of Tonga: 96.9% Christian, [Missionaries again!], a Monarchy, got independence from Britain in 1970, population 102,000, composed of 171 islands, only 45 inhabited, it is located about 1100 Miles west of New Zealand.
The Tongan Islands were originally known as The Friendly Islands as the natives were friendly to Captain Cook when he landed there in 1773.
In January 2022 a volcano erupted 40 miles north of the main island causing a Tsunami which inundated parts of Nuku’alofa, where we are going
Today was a very quiet and peaceful day for both of us. I now for sure have ‘The Cold’. To prevent the spread of this darn thing, I am going to lay low for a few days somewhat and that may prevent it spreading to other innocent souls, as it seems to be doing!!!
Dozy Day...
We passed Bora Bora on the way out last evening before dinner.
Gail with a cocoanut drink yesterday on the river cruise.
The elevators have rugs that tell us what day it is. Duh!
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