New Zealand Cruise Day 6 - Tauranga

Yet again, posting this one late - this was actually 5 February  :-)
The ship docks at the Port of Tauranga, which is actually at Mount Manganui.  We didn't get to spend a lot of time here, so we decided to just wander around the town.
Our wandering was delayed by the Royal Caribbean cruise ship Voyager of the Seas, which arrived a few hours after we did.  Unfortunately it was pulling up to the dock just as we tried to leave, and we ended up having to wait for half an hour or so before they'd let us go - because the only way out of the port involved walking right past the Voyager and presumably it's not considered safe.
Anyway, we finally escaped the port but after a little while Paul didn't feel so well so he went back to the ship, and I did a Citywalksz 'walk' - they provide a map and an MP3 player which plays instructions on where you're to go and a lot of background information on the places you're seeing.  The Mt Manganui walk is about 4 kilometres and it was quite interesting.

Above is a photo of the Voyager of the Seas (in front) and our smaller Carnival Spirit behind it, docked at the Port of Tauranga.

Had another lazy afternoon on board.  Tonight was a theme night - Caribbean night - but most people didn't seem to bother to dress up.  By late evening the wind had reached a point where it was very nasty outside, but I'm sure the party continued unabated undercover!!