Cruise - Day One Photo 2

Cruise - Day One

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February 12th 2012
It was about 4am in the morning when I woke. I sat on our hotel balcony watching the city lights when I heard a noise, it was the motor of something, something big, it was the 'Pacific Pearl'. I couldn't see anything except two small lights but I knew it had to be. Going through security to get on to the ship was very fast and easy, we must have got there before the rush. It was our ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland

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The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more