Thursday, 23 February 2017
At Sea — South Pacific Ocean … En Route to Wellington
Stats @ Ship’s Time 9:15p (NZDT) … UTC 8:15a (23 February)
Temp: 65.3F (18.5C)
Position: 39.13.75S / 178.03.78E
People don’t take trips … trips take people.
~ John Steinbeck ~
As big and busy as Auckland was yesterday, Gisborne — the second port on the Divine Down Under segment of our RTW voyage, and the unofficial “Chardonnay Capital of New Zealand” — was small and quiet. Perched on the easternmost edge of New Zealand, the town is in an area rich in history. According to the oral stories of the Māori, this is where they first came ashore at Aotearoa [New Zealand]. As well, this is where Captain James Cook first made landfall. Today, it was our turn to land near those two spots.
We make our own landfall not too far from where Captain Cook made his in 1769.
