Milford Sound, New Zealand

We woke early sailing by the high peaks of the South Island of New Zealand. It was cloudy and a bit drizzly. We walked out on deck to see beautiful waterfalls and a few sea birds flying about. We picked up a pilot to help the captain drive the ship through three passages. The second one was Doubtful Sound. This one was named by Captain Cook because he thought it was doubtful that you could get out of it without turning around. By the time we got through this sound, it was raining hard, the winds were up to 30-35 miles per hour with very high waves. The Captain and pilot decided to have us forego the last sound (Dusky Sound) and visibility was almost zero.
Tomorrow we are in the port of Dunedin.
We'll let you know about this port the next time.


- Marilyn


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