Hi there, I have landed in Auckland, NZ, and have just finalised my itinerary for the next two weeks. Hawaii was great. I would love to have spent more time there, but I guess I¡¯ve said that about pretty much all of my destinations. Got to get within inches of some Humpback whales off the island of Maui, an idyllic tropical island. The boat was required to stop 100 yds from the whales, but the female took a shine to the boat and 3-4 males were in hot pursuit. Each of them weighed about 40 tonnes. On the main island, I checked out some active volcanoes. One is 14,000 ft high, and it is a further 16,000 ft deep in the Pacific. A couple of days before I arrived, there was a small earthquake, (4 on
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