Pension Tarariki Moorea

... already for Mo'orea at the Air Tahiti check in desk - they don't seem to be in any rush even given the fact that the queue has not gone out of the airport terminal and threatens to make it all the way to Tahiti itself. I'm sat beside a blind man on the plane - which is somewhat of a novel occurence I must say. I aid him (and the cabin crew) at the start of the flight by getting his earphones etc - somehow the attendant didn't realise he was blind and ...

... things got very confusing. Just as we thought she had gone she brought us some fresh lemon juice and then 20 mins later turned up with some pineapple, she meant well but was scary. As we were in the middle of nowhere with no shops about, the old lady offered to take us to the shop for supplies. The shop was no bigger than an corner shop with very limited choice. We made do and brought what we could, basically we will be living on spaghetti for the next 5 days. I say ...

... Papee we headed back and checked out some local crafts before boarding the tender back to the ship. Great day with beautiful sites! The ship sails for Bora Bora at 5:00pm. All Aboard! Lessons Learned: - Go for the local guy with a unique taxi and you will have a much better experience. - Hut accomadations on stilts over the water are very appealing destination spots in our eyes. - Cock fighting roosters are big crowers.

... ride home. Our final day was spent bicycling up from our bungalow to a spot we missed on the scooter called Hauru Point. The point has three small Motu's (islands) off the coast with great snorkeling and stingray watching. We walked through knee deep water to a hidden beach which was spectacular, except for the elderly lady bathing completely nude in the grass behind us. We had a nice swim around but the current was ...

... Wasser. Ich war so fasziniert, dass ich den gesamten Nachmittag und Abend kein Schritt weg vom Bungalow gemacht habe und nur meinen Ipod angeschalten und nur die Sicht genossen habe...selbst Xose, der normalerweise keine Sekunde stillhalten kann, war auf einmal wie gefesselt auf dem Sonnenstuhl und wir nahmen uns vor, 3 Tage lang nicht mehr von hier wegzuruecken und das Leben sollte sich innerhalb 50 meter abspielen, vom Wasser zum Bungalow, zur Snackbar und wieder zurueck ...

... because for that one we got to go a lot faster. But the cool thing about this time is that we got to stop and pet and the stingrays. They are totally tame so they don't sting you and actually come up like puppies and want to be pet. It is so funny! Then we came back to the ship and just kinda hung out and packed and such. It is strange, we leave Moorea ...

... for. Unfortunately, all the beaches were quite far from Papeete (our city) and the cost was prohibitive to get there. That night, we returned to the caravans for some good eats. We wrongly tried another van and found it to be just horrible - my chicken was only chicken fat and skin and there were dead flies in my beans. I pointed this out to the waitress and chef and they both refused to compensate me beyond just not paying for the beans. It was ...

... Me: hi Hi How are you? Good you? Me: Good. It's hot isnt it Yes. Why are you walking? Me: I'm walking around the island. I started at 4am. (Confused stare) Me: Hahaha. What are you eating? A mango. Me: Is it good? No it's a bit salty actually. do you want one? (Goes to get one from the tree) No I'm good thanks. Is that a special mango? It doesn't look like a normal one. Yes its a tahitian one. Hmm. Where's the ferry terminal, it's further than I ...

... but neither of the guides introduced themselves) climbed up again and went even higher, probably about 30 feet up, and jumped again. He jumped a couple of times from there before going even higher, and I think he must have been 50 feet above the water (seriously) and he paused for a long time before actually jumping and when he finally did it was like he just stepped off and turned face-down in mid-air. It was amazing; he made a perfect dive and hardly any splash and ...

... all had assembled, Paul and I went to town to check into our Southwest flight - due to depart in 24 hours. Then did a bit of shopping to spend our final francs - ended up with only about 20 cents (US) left. Not bad. Arrived back at the Tahitian just in time for trivia. Paul and I played with Ann, Mike, and their kids. M&P played with three other people (with whom they had played in the past). The kids won - hurray! We eventually went down to lunch (Paul, K&K, self) then ...