Cook's Bay, French Polynesia

... the lagoon. I really liked Moorea and would love to have seen the island with clear blue skies. But overall I found French Polynesia to be just too expensive for what it is.... I think the coasts of Brazil and Turkey are just as nice and ...

... early, to find us nearing Moorea. Looks like we're going to anchor in Oponohu Bay while the Paul Gauguin is going into Cook's Bay. (I write this while Paul checks email in the library.) We were hoping to read that the package from Chase had been delivered ...

Up early, as seems usual. Cup of coffee, then began round of phone calls - to Princess, to UPS, etc. At 08.00h, Paul and I walked back to the Internet café to get addresses - for Sheraton Papeete, Poste Restante, and anything else we could think of. Then - ...

Woke and ate breakfast al fresco. Left at 09.30h for airport; Bob gave us a lift. Arrived LAX and found out that the line for Air Tahiti Nui went out the door and down the block. We got in line about 10.00h. My parents joined us 20 minutes later; Ann and ...