CRUISING

We have just spent a wonderful 7 days aboard the Pacific Dawn cruising to Noumea and the Isle of Pines.

As you can see from the photo it was a lovely afternoon when we headed out of Sydney but unfortunately the weather didnt hold up and by the time we reached Noumea it was raining heavily. We did a coach tour of Noumea and visited the aquarium there which was good. After we had lunch we did a walk around the city area and looked at the shops. Things are very expensive in Noumea so we didnt do any shopping there. Back on the boat the Captain advised us that there was cyclone approaching and that we would be now heading for the Isle of Pines and that hopefully we would miss the worst of the cyclone which we did. As it was raining when we reached the Isle of Pines we didnt go ashore deciding to have a quite day on board. The following day we arrived at Divine Island and this time we went ashore. Beautiful sandy beaches and blue water.

We have eaten some fantastic meals, been waited on, danced the night away in the Dome, seen some wonderful artists performing, played trivia, had dancing lessons and met a lovely couple Lyn and Jeff from Sydney who we spent a lot of time with. Thank you Lyn for introducing me to the delights of the cocktail hour and the piano bar. Even Phil had a go at drinking a cocktail or two.

We are now back home, I have returned to work and life is slowly getting back to normal.