After we sailed off from Fiji we were suppose to set a westerly course through the Herald passage, eventually setting on a south easterly course towards the Pacific nation of Tonga which was our next port of call. Unfortunately, as sometimes happens on cruises, plans are changed, the Captain came on the loudspeaker to announce to our dismay that our trip to Tonga had been aborted due to the fact that the Cyclone Jasmine was bearing down on Tonga. The Captain was forced to hastily alter our course to avoid the disasterous weather. We set a revised track to Bay of Islands, New Zealand. We will pass well behind the wake of cyclone Jasmine, but the sea is rocking and rolling, and the swells are high. Thank god we don't suffer from sea sickness. I, of course was disappointed, because being a country collector, I was eager to add Tonga to my list of places I have visited. Oh well, another trip perhaps.
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