Nearing the End

Well I have 5 days left on board. We just finished up cruising the coast of New Zealand, and it was amazing. First we went to the Bay of Islands which was a tender port. We docked in Paihia, which was a nice little town. Then Tauranga was next and it was like a little surf town. I had a kebab and got some nice souvenirs. Auckland was quite a large city. I walked around the downtown area for a few hours. There was this one tower called Sky Tower and you could pay to bungee jump off of it. Watching people jump was quite amusing. One city was Napier, but we didn't have any time to go off as the city was far from the ship, and we had a lot of work to do. I have to say that Picton was one of my favorite cities. There was this park right on the water where I just sat down and took it all in. The view, the air, the sounds and it was great. I unfortunately did not make it into Christchurch, but did get into the small town of Lyttleton just outside of the ship. There wasn't much there. Finally our last stop was Dunedin, which I did go to. We walked around downtown and had a pretty good time. The bus driver was like a tour guide, pointing out interesting things along the way.

The last 6 months have been quite the experience. I am looking forward to getting off in Sydney and having a few days to relax a bit.