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Hiking in Moorea
... naturally alcoholic! Natives would suck on a few on their way home to relax, but that was before the Europeans came with their liquor and beer. We learned where the ink the Tahitians used for their tattoos came from (chestnut soot and coconut water). And that Tahitians used tattoos as a passport within the Polynesian Islands to say where they came from: our guide had a large gecko tattoo on his back to indicate that he is from Moorea (because ...
Snorkeling and Tiki Village
... We didn't have to go very far at all to find the fishes though, they were right next to our ladder! So many colors and varieties- neon blue, orange, safety yellow, brown, black, grey, zebra fish, butterfly fish, striped ones, speckled ones, even ones that looked like they had goggles on! We wished we had thought about packing a waterproof camera! Barry happened upon a huge, person-sized stingray, which scared the **** out of him, but it ...
Moorea
... get a huge bus around those windy road we think we have a hair pin bend, this is more like a safety pin. Lol
I have to tell you all this for dinner I had escargot (snails)the thought of eating them was gut turning but I tryed them and they aren’t bad if you don’t think about what they are. They were in butter garlic. I always say you have to try them once. J so now I can add that to my list of things you must try, that I have ...
Tour papeete
... are really expensive and we had a lot of difficulty sorting out the money as they use franc's and because we weren’t 100% sure of the exchange and value, I went to an ATM withdrew 1000 franc’s then went and bought slushys for the kids and they cost 750 franc’s so didn’t get much for that withdrawal. Oh well whats money for lol.
Then we went back to the ship as everything on this island ...
The Island of Pineapples
When the ship pulled into Moorea, whilst everyone else was rushing to disembark, we had a leisurely breakfast, finished packing, paid the bill and generally lounged about for a bit.
As people were starting to get back on board, we gathered up our belongings and set off to the island to a few confused glances as we were the only people leaving the cruise here. For us, this was just a cost effective way of getting from ...


