Village Temanoha Cook's Bay
1 km from Main Road Cook's Bay, Moorea, Society Islands, 98728, French Polynesia
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Dusky Maidens
25 Aug. We have been at sea now for 5 days, and have enjoyed the weather and the relaxing nature of cruising. On the night of 23 Aug we crossed the "Equator" and yesterday 24 August we had a crossing the Equator ceremony which was 45 minutes of slapstick fun, where passengers and crew were paraded in front of King Neptune and his wife Queen Polly (Jerry, Roger's bridge tutor) and found guilty of misdemeanors and duly punished either by eggs, flour, various coloured liquids, ...
Day Six: Moorea
... Discovery Adventure" Day. Up bright and early, our small boat transported us around two bays, including the bay discovered by Captain Cook (appropriately named, Cook's Bay). Our guide shared local legends with us and had us hunt for the "Gorilla Playing the Piano up in the Mountain". It only took me a day and a half to finally see what he was ...
Wrapping it up
Well today was a sad day.....it was time for me to leave my friends and head back to the mainland. The good news was that I would still be on vacation and headed to Mom & Dad's not long after getting back (23 & 1/2 hours from wheels down to wheels up.....glad I packed that bag before I left for the other side of the world).
I was trying my best to only take carry-on's, ...
Mo'orea, Mo'orea.....I want more & more of Mo'orea
More diving today!!!!! Woohoo!!!!!! This time it was outside the lagoon, in open water, on what they call Discovery Dives, where you can do and see a little bit more. And oh boy was it a great couple of dives! We saw the sea turtle that Cliff & Sarah had seen the day before and a whole lot of black tip reef sharks along with a variety other fish. Cliff got some excellent snap shots on the dives. (I've posted some of them ...
Diver down
More diving for Cliff and Sarah this morning. They got to dive with sharks this time along with a sea turtle that Sarah got to feed! I have got to get certified.
I got to dive in the afternoon!!!!! When my dive master, Phillipe, found out that I was on the island with Cliff & Sarah, he offered to run me through a couple of skills so that I could move off of the "introductory" ...


