We were tendered into port today at Maui. Usually it’s a calm
10 minute ride in. Today some shuttles took 45 minutes. We were lucky to only
take 15 and a decision was taken just afterwards to suspend transfers. We
queued two hours to get a tender back, the weather on this trip is just not
working for us.
Still, it’s a holiday and we are trying to make the most of
it. We saw a school of humpback whales this morning, and a leatherback turtle
popped in to our snorkelling cove this afternoon. Even the snorkelling was
terminated due to poor visibility and strong under currents.
Maui, or the town of Lahaina where we were based, was a
beautiful place, very similar to the Cayman Islands, Bermuda or Aruba. It was
voted the worlds most beautiful island by National Geographic magazine.
With the large whale population it is no surprise that this
was a major whaling colony with some right goings on before European
missionaries came there and sanitised the place. The main bar and bordello of
the time, still stands though and is now a very elegant Best Western hotel.
Back on board it was love boat disco night on the top deck.
Bit breezy but good fun. I am still waiting for the Zimmer frame race round the
deck though.
Today we are landing at Hilo on what is called the big island. We are off to see some volcano's, one of which is still active. Hopefully an update on that before our second week at sea when we will be offline again.
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