Sailing south of New Zealand

As we headed out of port, the seas were rough but it got much worse the next morning.

Good thing for us, we are somewhat immune to sea sickness. Throughout the day, we found most of the eating locations were not busy.  I wonder why?

Breakfast in the dining room was nice.

The view of the coastline was amazing.  The crashing waves must have been 50 feet tall.

The crew for the Holland America commercial are at work again today.  As I walked the ship, the makeup and costumes were outside the Rolling Stone Lounge.

We pass between the large island of NZ and Stewart Island which is the most southern island but small. 

This will be our most southern point on the cruise and our closest point to Antarctica.

Other than the southern tip of Chile, this is the closest of any other country in the world to the south pole.

Shawna and Betty decided to go to the spa to relax.

The captain came over the PA and said that we will be moving out of the protective area between and into rougher seas crossing to Tasmania.  We will see what that means later today.

Our evening show on the Main Stage was great and so was the music at the Rolling Stone Lounge.