Hawaiki Nui Raiatea

... there before they set sail for 6 months as a group. Very interesting how they can keep dancing while the ship is rocking and rolling. We saw how the performers can change clothes completely in about 30 seconds. You definitely have to be flexible. <br><br> By now we feel like we&#8217;re in "Groundhog Day". Every day blends into the next and we&#8217;re totally lost as to time and ...

... relaxing, or trying to get the internet connected. Frustrating!! Back to the pool, sometimes inside the solarium, to not burn, and Bill snacks on his daily ice cream. Around 5 or so we head back to our room to ready ourselves for the evening activities. We are late seating for dinner at 8:30 so beforehand we usually gather for live music in the centrum, then a show in the main theater. These have been very ...

... reading this blog the opportunity to take my work from me for free. It is so easy to screen capture or download almost any image from the WEB, so a slide show allows me to share my work in a way that is interesting yet produces small quality screen captures. Forgive me for this, I hope that you will choose to still enjoy the slide show photo presentation format.<br>

... the pool.<br><br>It was really nice out. Not TOO hot, nice breeze, beautiful day to stay on the ship and enjoy the outside decks. I lounged in the water for about 2 hours. Just when the prunes on my fingers started to annoy I came in to get ready for dinner. <br><br>I love it here in the South Pacific, I can see why movies and musicals have been made about it!<br><br><br>

... Haustuer startet kurz nach unserer Ankunft gerade eine traditionelle Kanuregatta. Die Bevoelkerung des kleinen Hauptortes der Insel scheint fast geschlossen angetreten zu sein, um entweder selbst zu paddeln oder anzufeuern. Die Regatta dauert ueber 20 Minuten, was schon eine beachtliche Dauerpaddelleistung ist.<br><br>Auch in Huahine haben wir ein Auto, um die Insel gut sehen zu koennen, denn oeffentlichen Transport gibt es hier, wie auf den meisten Inseln ...

... Lagoonarium'. We joined a small group and walked to the edge of the beach a little way along where no-one was around. In a cordoned off area of the lagoon we were able to feed huge turtles. Then we moved along and, snorkel and mask at the ready, were able to swim with beautiful tropical fish and baby black tip reefys. Then we went along to the main lagoon and swam from one end to the other with hundreds of stingray, lemon sharks and reefys. It was ...

... into town for some SHOPPING! Unfortunitly it is Sunday and the town is totally shut down on Sundays! There was one shop open so I got some postcards and little gifty things. The afternoon was just took the chance to relax on the ship. It has been raining pretty hard off and on all day and tonight too! We went ...

... peculiarities of keys, locks, washing machine and the computer explained to us. We are told that they insist on our eating the swordfish steaks in the freezer. The reason for this becomes plain when we read newspaper cuttings on the door about a 173.5kg swordfish caught at beginning of December, and another of 63.5 kg caught in October, by Laurent in a fishing competition. It had been a long night, so we hit the sack before venturing out. It is very hot, and the house is a ...

... in the middle of towns. There is a definite middle-class, but the housing is definitely smaller than similar in Australia. In the outskirts of towns in Chile, in particular, there were whole suburbs of small, very basic houses lined up row after row. We've been surprised how cheap it has been to travel, apart from major world-class tourist sites. Wed 17th Dec Vina del Mar-Easter Island (Chile) Get 10.30 bus back to Santiago. Do some internetting to pass the time ...

... Archeology is not my strong suit.) Paul tried snorkeling in the channel but the current was pulling him out to sea. We cannot encourage this sort of behavior. Around 1230 or so, we picked up Paul in the dinghy and we bounced over to Motu Araara. We found a very nice white sand beach and parked there. Immediately, we all began to walk around the motu. I think we must be disposed to circularity. Arlene discovered a good shelling area. Kevin and Paul ...