The Captain wasn’t kidding when he announced last night that we would be experiencing gale winds of 65 knots because this A.M. our ship was definitely “rocking and rolling” with 30 to 40 foot swells and winds strong enough to lift a lounge chair over the railing and into the waves!
As a result of the turbulence our visit to Doubtful Sound (the deepest fjord in Fjorland National Park) was cancelled because the ship listed as the Captain tried to go against the current. I was in the dining room on the 11th deck and all the plates slid off the ends of tables and clattered to the floor – even in the kitchen area.
The good news was that later in the day we were able to cruise into Milford Sound in the northern part of the park. This glacially carved fjord had sheer rocky walls covered with rich green rain forest which rose straight up from the sea with magnificent hidden waterfalls cascading from cataracts all along its length with snow capped mountains in the background.
