We missed Tonga altogether because of the weather in the Pacific so the Captain headed directly from Raiatea to Auckland, New Zealand with an estimated time of arrival at 8 p.m. on Monday, February 11 th . On the way there, on the evening of the 10 th , we were able to see a volcanic island somewhere in the Pacific. From what we were told by some passengers (and we have come to take what we hear with a very small grain of salt), this volcano erupted in 2017. It’s still smoldering and spewing ash. Michael was able to take some pictures; I had never seen a volcano that is still active like this one. We were on our balcony as we approached Auckland on Monday evening and we could see the skyline from a distance. As soon as we got closer and closer, we began to see various watercraft, i.e., sailboats, motor boats, cargo ships, and even some type of water skiing with what looked like a parasail (no motorboat), ferries, and...
It looks like one of the rhinos had a horn job.
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