Akaroa...

We anchored in the bay of Akaroa this morning and boarded a tender to transport us to shore.  Turns out when boarding one of these small boats to go ashore it's called a tender, but boarding the same vessel when the ship is sinking, it's called a life boat.

Once on shore, the captain of the small sailing ketch we were scheduled on determined that the waters were too rough and cancelled the trip.  We decided to just catch the next tender to our ship to spend a leisurely afternoon on board.  They have since cancelled all transport off the ship as a squall is expected soon.  Seems we made a good choice.

The casino doesn't open until about seven.  What to do, what to do...