Last night was fantastic. If you have been to Hawaii, you most likely have attended a luau. We went to a First Nation village. The tribe was the Māori.
We were greeted by the chief.
They wanted to know if we came in peace or for conflict. Peace of course. But their warriors did a hookah to show they were not afraid.
Once in the village we were taught how to perform the hookah ourselves.
Then junior silverback and I spoke to the chiefs son.
We then learned a lot about the tribes culture. For the last forty years they have brought back the customs and traditions and their language. In fact today, everyone child in school learns the native language. Here is one of the cousins answering our questions.
Then it was on to dinner.
All in a great evening.
By the way, the land of the long white cloud is New Zealand in the native tongue. When ships saw New Zealand on the horizon, they saw the snow capped mountains and thus named it thinking it was clouds.
Today is tours and spa day. We had another hearty breakfast and it was off to the duck tour.
This vessel is 84 years young. There were about 21,000 made for world war 2 and about 1,000 remain. She goes both on land and sea.
All in we saw the town and three lake rides. It was a blast and well worth the effort and time.
Then it was off to the spa.
After the spa we had time to relax and pack for the next trip. One more city to visit on this beautiful country. But we needed to get some advice on where to have dinner. Remember the three wise men? Here they are looking for dinner spots.
We ended the day, the Princess and I, with a cloudy bay and Pinot. Excellent!
We are almost to the end of our journey. But one more stop. Until then, have a great evening.
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