Had an excellent night's sleep - the ship was rocking just the right way to help me drift off and stay asleep.
I'm in an inside cabin which means there's no outside light at all, and this really encourages sleeping in. People often suggest that if you're in an inside cabin you should leave the TV on all night, tuned to the ships webcam. The webcam is high up on top of the ship and points in the direction the ship is travelling. In theory then the webcam channel will be dark during the night and then gradually light up the room as the sun comes up. In practice though, what I found was that although this probably worked with the old fashioned TVs, the newer flat screen TVs don't show black properly, so instead of "dark" what I got was "creepy red snow". That wasn't going to work, so I went with - wake up whenever I wake up!
I still haven't decided whether to go ashore today or not; at the moment I'm waiting for the crowds to die down a little then I'm going to wander upstairs for breakfast, then downstairs for coffee, and then I'll decide!
Later: in the end I went ashore, around lunch time, and got the shuttle to Paihia which was really busy. Even without a cruise ship in port, it's a really popular holiday / beachside resort and this is one of its busiest times of the year, of course.
There was an Arts and Crafts fair in town, and I bought myself a hat - the lady running the stall makes them all herself. It wasn't cheap but I'm very pleased with it. Then I walked around town a little, then walked back to the spot where the tenders pick you up rather than taking the shuttle - I really should be getting more exercise!
Back on board I had a very nice nanna nap until it was time to get ready for dinner - formal night tonight and I did make the effort to get dressed up a little. One big disappointment though - on Princess it's traditional that they have lobster for dinner on formal night. And they did, but it was Cajun flavoured with spicy rice. You shouldn't do that sort of thing to lobster; I didn't try it at all because Cajun just isn't my thing. The other ladies at my table also had a disappointment - they all ordered the 'Traditional Pavlova' for dessert, and the menu clearly said that there would be passionfruit - which there wasn't. Apparently it was very nice, but still, no passionfruit. I had something different - something they called a parfait which wasn't at all my idea of what a parfait is - but it was quite yummy.
I thought about going to a show but in the end I decided to just wander around for a while and then crash.
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