Pension Chayan Tahiti

... we noticed that the ferry was not there so waited and waited and waited. Finally at 11.50am the slow ferry turned up so we boarded but it didn't depart until 12.30pm, arriving in Papeete at 1.30pm. With no where to stay we made a base at the tourist information centre again whilst we phoned around for somewhere cheapish to stay for the two nights. With the help of the gentleman behind the desk we managed to find somewhere and arranged for them to pick us up. Again we ...

... deployed around the building and multiple streams of water were aimed at the building. But for over an hour the fire was the clear victor, then as its source of fuel decreased and the amount of water increased, the battle turned and the local Fire Department seemed to have the fire contained, but not out. As we left the battle between the Fire Department and the fire was still fully underway, but the smoke was turning lighter and the columns not as large. We left as ...

... road is stuck between the lagoon and the moutains [ max width of the flat land between lagon and moutain 100m] with waterfalls every 50m. Climbed up to one of the waterfalls, it was raining, or maybe it was just the humidity or the water from the water fall..... climbed by car then by foot then by foot and arm until we finally got right at the bottom of the waterfall. Took a few fotos and then quickly went back to teh car because the camera was not ...

... the vegetation and so on. I understood almost half of it and translated half of that for Gordon. There were splendid views down to Papeete and across to Moorea. The Manet was clearly visible - easily the biggest ship in the harbour. We stopped for photographs about two-thirds of the way up and also peered into a small cave. It was a lava tube cave and went on as far as I could see, but required ...

... pinch myself that I am on this cruise. Having a great time, weather has been fabulous, been exercising daily in the gym and losing inches; Only complaint is the passengers.....old, really, really old. More later. Difficult to type on this French computer which has different keys....§éĢĩų Ship sails at 5 pm today so check the Princess webcam and see us sailaway. We are 2 hrs behind Calif. We will be enroute to Rarotonga, arriving Feb. 3RD. Linda

... had a snorkel which was really good though I kept thinking I was too near to the coral. Next stop was the Belvedere lookout which had a lovely panoramic view. We had lunch here and got bitten by mosquitoes (grrr). Next we drove around Opunohu bay and Cooks Bay and then onto the best public beach in Moorea - Tamae and it really was stunning - white sand and crystal waters. Good snorkelling as well :) Got back to Tahiti about 5 ...

... the waterfalls were one of the main attractions. The road up to the top of the pass over the mountains was a little bumpy but not as rough as we had been led to expect. We drove over the top of a dam and stopped on the top. We didnīt realise that it isnīt normally overflowing. We stood in 2 or 3 inches of water as it flowed over the top while the driver fed ...

... heading to Easter Island on the same flight too. Couldnīt see our flight no on large screen and started to panic but Air Tahiti had code shared with Air NZ so we were on another NZ plane :) We had a better selection of films for our 4.5 hour flight. So good, that we both wanted the flight to be longer! I watched Transformers and Paul opted for Bourne Ultimation..again. Flight was pretty smooth and ...

... NZ is only an hour behind. Silly chickens. There was also a lovey German Shepard, and a little torti cat that hung out in the kitchen. I got to hear a cat purr for the first time since June! Especially after I let her lick my bowl. She had like six abscesses on her legs though, which was a little disheartening. We stayed on Moorea for 4 nights and did a lagoon tour one day. It entailed a 6.5 hour boat ride on which we saw spinner dolphins ...

... and the ball in the middle is the twin peak of Mount Pahia and Mount Otemanu (727 m). The colour of the sea was a beautiful aqua blue and as we flew closer we could make out many thatched roof cabins stilted all over the lagoon. This was going to be home for the next seven days! The airstrip is on one of the outlying sand islets built by the Americans during WW II. From the airstrip we took a ferry across to the ...