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Hiking in Moorea
... yellow lizard).
The hike up the valley was pretty rough for me. It was steep and relentless, though Tina and our guide didn't seem to have nearly as much trouble with it. But I made it to the top alive and what a view was there to greet us. Breathtaking. You could see practically the entire island, all the way to the lagoon on the western side of the island that we'd never seen. Jordan brought some food for us to feast on at the top: a ...
Snorkeling and Tiki Village
... fast for Tina to get a look. Maybe on our next excursion. We were only out for an hour but we saw more awesome tropical fish and beautiful coral than we ever had in any aquarium.
After lunch, we spent the rest of the afternoon lolling on our porch, reading and napping. At 5:30pm, we were on our way to the Tiki Village on the other side of the island. Upon arrival, we checked in and received a rhum punch cocktail made from local rum. ...
The Island of Pineapples
... Moorea – whilst everyone else was heading for Hawaii, we had decided a trip there would be a future adventure.
Our initial dismay at being greeted by someone with a FIAT Panda (don't forget there is 4 of us, 4 cases, 4 rucksacks – and at this point 2 boogie boards and a beach bag full of flippers, snorkels, towels etc) quickly subsided when it was established that that was for some of the luggage, and there was a ...
Moorea - The most jagged spectacular mountains!
... side drive place on our trip). The next day we hopped on a ferry to Moorea. Sitting on the top deck to get the full effect of the impressive approach to Moorea. Though you wont find wide sandy beaches on this island, you will find a stunning "Bali Hai" type island. It is by far the most impressive tropical island I've ever seen. The mountains shoot up straight from the ocean and are topped by very jagged sharp peaks so much so that they refer to these peaks ...
Papeete
... into the bowels of the earth. As the island was formed by a Volcano some 3 million years ago, and the Volcano was last active 300,000 years ago, we did feel safe!
We hope the photos are clear for you as the weather was a bit hit and miss. Hope you like the girls drinking McDonald's drinks – they also had Burgers up the Mountain!
The waves along the coast were massive and lots of Surfers, but again, when ...


