Finally we are able to connect to internet. I hope you have missed us as much as we have missed connecting...lol We have two days in Fiji upcoming and then 4 days at sea. I will update the past few days and tell you about Fiji and sea days from American Somoa...
Well
we have been incommunicado since we left Sydney. We had 2
sea days aboard the Noordam then 2 stops in New Caledonia. However
these ports were gorgeous tropical beaches unmarred by technology.
They were both tender ports, ugh! But I managed to go to one of them.
It was truly beautiful and unspoiled. We walked along the beach in
Kuto and I sampled the local dish, Bougna, made with chicken, sweet
potatoes and banana. It was ok, I am not big on cooked bananas...
We only bought a few post cards and a soda. There wasn't much for
sale and what was, was pricey. Hell, even the Sprite cost $4....
As
you can see in the photos, I was able to blue my hair once more in
Australia. One lady yesterday suggested I had better stay out of the
water, because no one would see me – my hair created a camouflage
effect! lol Both of these ports are lovely and a bit like private
beach stops. The weather is warm enough – in the 70's – but sort
of cloudy and grey... I will be happy tomorrow to hit a more
civilized port in Vanuatu with no tender. It is also a new country
for us – yea, the trip hasn't been a total rerun...lol
The
ship is fine, but configured differently that our previous one. The
activities are still somewhat limited, but they are having pickle
ball meet ups daily and 2 trivia's/day. I have hooked up with a
brilliant Aussie couple who play pub trivia and internet trivia and
another couple. We were joined by Phil, who is the guest lecturer
and whose are of expertise is geology and history, so we are a
powerhouse team now. We got all 17 correct the other day and won
flashy drink glasses – they were empty but cute...
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