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French Polynesia
... there wasn't too much to do shopping wise but that was okay.
Apparently tourism is not the most important thing on this island as they seem to be quite self sufficient. We didn't do any shore excursions instead booked a boat shuttle to an island with John & Jonathan and spent a few hours there snorkling, swimming & sunbathing. Perfectly ...
Raiatea & Tahaa
... the Temehani volcanic rock plateau, which rises to 792 meters and is decorated by historic peaks. Several big valleys cut deeply into the edges of this high island, creating some of the most favorable places for populations to settle.
Raiatea has the reputation of being the cradle of Polynesian civilizations. According to Polynesian mythology fragments of Raiatea broke off to create other islands, swimming like a fish to become the ...
And the Beat Goes On
... fair. Following this adventure, we decided it was time to move back to an area with internet access to deal with some family issues. Therefore, we returned to Riatea and spent several days taking care of business and found a place to refill our propane tank (used for cooking on the boat.)
With our business needs taken care of, we headed back to Bora Bora. By this time, we have been in French Polynesia nearly 3-months and our tourist visas ...
You Can't Stop the Music
... takes 6-months or more, luckily the crop is very profitable. He gave us some fresh vanilla bean pods to take with us and we said our thanks and good byes.
We raised the anchor and were off to Uteroa, where ...
Splashing and smiling
... they swam around and jumped and basically showed off it was quite hilarious the dolphins got a little too excited and sprouted water all over us. The kids thought that that was funny (because they didn't get wet). Michael and Darren opened the Eski (which of course the girls brought) and opened up a bottle of fizzy drink for all (by the way this was after the dolphins left and we were all closer to the huts) we all had a laugh and then decided that we should go home ...