Fate soared over us like an albatross and like the huge seabird, dumped a big fat lesson that there are no guarantees in life. Thirty-five knot winds and two-meter seas kept the tenders berthed and sent our hopes of a day in a tropical paradise to a watery grave.
The powers that navigate tried to anchor a couple of times, but the wind and rough seas won out in the end. Our only contact with the island was a tug boat that came out to ferry some lost luggage that had been forwarded from Auckland to its anxious owners. Watching the tub bob in the water like a cork made us feel better about the Captain’s decision. We circled the island once and departed for Tahiti four hours early.
The circumnavigation was scenic and our tour was refunded, but we would have rather had the on-shore experience over the money.
It was a disappointment, but a day that ends up on a floating hotel with food and drink in abundance and in the company of your spouse and friends is not all that bad.
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I think you guys could have swam it. One meter, let's see that's about a little under three feet. We were looking for some excitment. We look forward to your notes and photos daily, and check about twice each day. We hope the four of you are having the time of your lives and wish we were with you.
Mark and Tammy
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