Today was a lazy day in the extreme. Brian went to the buffet bringing back pastries and coffee. We lazed away the morning reading and napping. Carol ZZ and I planned to walk, but by 2:00 pm it was raining heavily, the wind had increased and the waves were rougher. (Not that we planned to walk on the water, but still . . . ) The ship was rocking a little more, and the ocean was noisy. But we had the balcony door open and enjoyed the sound of the ocean.
We read and napped and napped and read. Occasionally each of us did some varied computer work, Brian working on a complicated spreadsheet he is creating to track investments, and myself sorting through some photos on my iPad.
Our stateroom attendant came by to collect our passports. The French Polynesian authorities apparently need these for our arrival in Papeete on 18th April. The passports will be returned to us on the 22nd, the third day at sea after stopping at Moorea on the 19th. That seems an excessively long time to hold them beyond the immigration requirements of the two days in port. I wonder if it is because we will still be in French Polynesia jurisdiction, although one would think the ocean is neutral territory.
It was formal night in the dining room, and again Sam and Nannan looked after us very well.
The captain’s message at noon was that we were 1,000 nautical miles south of Fiji sailing at 20 knots. Weather is favourable; tomorrow should be 23 degrees, cloudy with some possible rain. At 10:42 we crossed the International Date Line. Tonight we should set our time back by one hour. And tomorrow it will be Tuesday, 14 April, all over again.
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