Tapu Lodge Moorea
10 Rue General de Gaulle, Haapiti Hauru Point Moorea, Society Islands, BP 2025, French Polynesia
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Chilling out
We said farewell to Andrew and headed to Moorea and a lovely little cottage overlooking gardens and the lagoon. Seriously nice to have no agenda for four days and no fixed meal times. Lots of sleep, scrabble reading and fresh tuna.
There is arguably more to see in the water than out on Moorea and we spent a delightful morning snorkelling …
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Hiking in Moorea
Today we went hiking. It was the hardest tour for us to book, since there was a cruise ship coming in today and most of the guides wanted those people. But I bought hiking shoes to go hiking, and hiking we would go damnit!
We did end up succeeding and woke up bright and early to be greeted by our guide, Jordan, at just before 8am. He was a native Moorean, with a pretty awesome braided beard. We drove out to the Belvedere, a lookout point on ...
On the way to Tahiti
... must undergo rites of passage and elaborate rituals to initiate them into the Solemn Mysteries of the Ancient Order of the Deep. Fortunately they called for half a dozen volunteers and the rest of us just had a good laugh. The crew wasn't so fortunate and "Pollywogs" (as they are known by order of King Neptune) all got the treatment. By the time they finished they had to close the main pool as it was going to have to be drained and ...
We Catch a Marlin!
... The guy cut off the tail and the nose - which was the size of my arm!
We asked Chris what he does with all the meat. He actually gives a lot away to the locals instead of selling it, but takes just enough for himself and his wife that they just eat raw for a few days. Sounds like a good life. He drove us back to our hotel around 1pm, we bid him farewell, got some lunch, and just relaxed/napped on our balcony for the rest of the afternoon.
Yeah baby, we caught a ...
Dusky Maidens
... the French territorial reserve army and they did a training camp on Moruroa Atoll and had to eat their army rations not the local fruit and fish,even though the official French government line is all fruit & fish is safe to eat, would you believe the Government on this? Also she told us, which I think is interesting, is that most people when they die are buried, but if you would like to be cremated you have to fly to NZ - would you need a passport? Well somebody had to ...


