It was Easter Saturday today – and the ship had undergone a bit of a transformation over night – with Easter eggs, bunnies and other decoration showing up everywhere.

Today was also the first real expedition day – starting off with a circumnavigation around the Tinakula volcano – a classic stratovolcano, 3.5km wide and more than 850m high (that is, from sea level; add another 3 to 4km if you want to start from the sea floor).

During the first part of the journey we were accompanied by dolphins and flying fish.