Tuesday, January 30, 2018

Report #29 Alofi, Niue January 28, 2018 Sunday 82 degrees & chance of rain Part #4 Of 4 40 Pictures Sailaway

Ready to ship out…..

 

Tide was up

 

Lots of little fish for the sea birds

 

Tiny speck is a bird

 

White tern

 

On the hunt

 

Ready to dive soon

 

No colorful sunset tonight

 

Wish the sun had come out

 

Diving

 

A long shot to get

 

Far away from the ship

 

Captured the bird

 

Heading back to the island

 

Everyone went home for the day

 

Leaving now for New Zealand

 

Treacherous cliffs

 

Clayton’s Club

 

A better view of the low-laying island

 

The quarry wall on the left

 

We walked well past this area

 

Some blowholes on the coast

 

The southeastern part of the island

 

Looks just like whale blows

 

This is a resort far away from the village of Alofi

 

Explosive

 

Few people at sail away

 

Must be more impressive with high seas

 

An isolated resort

 

Finally…..the tropicbirds

 

The telltale tails

 

Graceful

 

May be a pair

 

Or a fledgling and mom

 

Only saw a few

 

A fishing bird

 

Flags up for the sail away

 

Island barely visible now

 

Wow, a mean-looking hornet

 

Taking a ride on the back railing

 

Heading southwest now