The captain tried this morning, but we couldn’t get a calm
enough location to tender for the visit to the Cook Islands. He let us know the ship would need to head west
without planned excursions, but safety is the most important thing for his
consideration.
As I write this entry, we’ve been notified that we’ll also
have to miss our next port of call:
Alofie, Niue. Because of a
tropical storm we’re navigating straight to Tonga. By doing so, we will completely miss the
tropical storm (hey, no repeat of the Gilligan's Island story). The captain said we
will spend an extra day in Tonga because we’ll arrive earlier than expected.
I plan on getting a haircut with scalp and a foot massage with my extra
time today. That’s a good way for me to turn
lemons into lemonade.
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| The dock for our planned tender. |
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| Stronger winds and seas prevented our going ashore to Rarotonga, Cook Islands. |
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| The ship will also miss its next port of call to avoid a tropical storm in the area. Next stop will be Tonga. |
