February 27, 2019 – Tauranga, New Zealand
Another calm day. Clear skies and 70. We arrived in Tauranga at 9 am and were able to leave the ship about 9:30 am. Today we planned another hike. Mount Maunganui was within walking distance of the ship. We planned to hike in the morning, go back to the ship for lunch and then Uber out to the city center.
The hike afforded beautiful views of the sea.
A steep trail but we were surprised to see so many college aged people running up and down this trail. The trail is not wide and if you are bumped there is nothing keeping you from falling down the side. At some points, the fall would be very far.
At the top we could see over the other side.
We decided to come down a different route that led to the other side and out onto Maunganui Beach. The way down had lots of stairs and took a bit more time.
After our trip down we went for another hike that took us to leisure island. More great views.
As lunch time approached we went back to the ship. I had booked dinner in Tauranga earlier in the day. We had lunch and then took an Uber out to Tauranga. We walked around town and stopped into a cellphone repair shop to have a new battery put into Terri’s phone. We then stopped at a nice bar for a drink and then went for another walk over to the Harbourside Restaurant.
A nice change from the ship. Great location and great food.
