Noon Reading:

• Position: S 24° 02.80′, W 159° 50.41′
• Speed: 15.1 knots
• Course: 241º

We’re firmly back on our sea day schedule: Exercise, Breakfast

9:30 History of New Zealand – Settlement and colonization by the Maoris, Europeans, and others

11:00 Japanese Perspectives on the Pacific War

After lunch Cheryl had a massage and Randy worked on the blog (or tried to – in the odd moments when he actually had an internet connection). Then we met Denny and Pat for a rousing game of Russian Rummy. I lost. Big. So I took a nap.

The 6:30 lecture was a wrap-up by our molecular anthropologist.

In her lectures she has covered the very beginnings of migration – out of Africa and the most recent migration – into New Zealand. This talk tied it all together. We’ll be sorry to see her leave when we get to New Zealand. She’s and engaging speaker and her topics have been really interesting.

Meet Denny and Pat for a game of cards

Nap

[6:30 Lecture]

Dinner

Bruce’s Brain Busters: We scored 10 out of 20 maintaining our standard of 50%.

And that’s a day. We’re counting down to New Zealand and Australia. The log sea stretches are about over. From here on out we’ll be grateful for any odd sea day that will allow us to rest up a bit.

More tomorrow. Till then, R