2011 - H & A WORLD CRUISE - WELLINGTON

BUT FIRST A LITLE TOUR OF THE AMSTERDAM.......

AND A WALK ROUND WELLINGTON.

PIES WITH REAL MEAT!

ANYONE UP FOR THE ALTERNATIVE?

THE GIRL ON THE RIGHT IS A STAFF MEMBER.

THE LADY IN THE MIDDLE IS THE CHARACTER ON BOARD.

WELL. ONE OF THE CHARACTERS ON BOARD.

TODAY SHE HAS A WHAT? ON HER HEAD? CHICKEN MAYBE.
EVERY DAY SOMETHING NEW.
MUST HAVE A TRUNK FULL.

ONE DAY SHE HAD A TEA POT!

ADDS NEW MEANING TO THE EXPRESSION 'MAD HATTERS TEA PARTY'

THEN CLIMB UP FOR A LOOK OUT OVER WELLINGTON.

SOME CHARLIE THOUGHT TO BRING BINOCULARS....

COULD BE THE SOUTH ISLAND IN THE DISTANCE. WE WILL BE THERE IN A FEW DAYS....

WE ARE HEADING DOWN NOW.......

.....TO THE BEACH...

AND ON TO THE BEACH.....

.... WHERE WE START TO SEE THE SEALS....

THE SHIPS PHOTOGRAPHER. AN ENGLISH GIRL. VERY PLEASANT.

IS THAT PADDY FROM ALBERTA? MAYBE. YES - I RECOGISE THE SNEAKERS!

AND LOAD UP THE CARS FOR THE RIDE HOME.

WE WERE LUCKY APPARENTLY AS IT IS NOT ALWAYS POSSIBLE TO DRIVE THIS FAR ALONG THE BEACH.

JUST OUT OF VIEW ARE BJ & JACK.... GONNA SPEND A LOT OF HAPPY HOURS WITH THEM...

and a little video

its a little bumpy. Ok - a lot bump.

I still chuckle when I hear B J in the car on the beach.

ON WE GO TO THE SOUTH ISLAND.