We were all set to go ashore today but the seas are a little too rough for the tugboats to handle taking us into port. Actually, it doesn’t seem that bad inside the boat. We saw dolphins this morning.
So we skipped Gisbourne (which is known as the first place Santa Claus goes to and the first place to see the new day because of the International Date Line) and headed on to Napier where we will see Maoris and this time we will hopefully get some good pics of the Maoris to post because they are very unusual and fearsome warriers.

Thanks to all of you who are following our adventure and thanks for all the comments! Special hi to Jaeden and Theresa, Lilly and Jaeda, Joanne, Melanie, David and Caroline, and Bryan. If Di in Dr. Broere’s office is following, hello to you all too!