Tuesday 27
September
Our port
stop today is Moorea. Now having explained about Papeete and Tahiti, Moorea is
just that – Moorea. There are only a couple of small settlements, one where the
ferry arrives from Papeete and the one where we tender into. There are no
shops, cafes or the like where we tender into, but needless to say when the cruise ships come in,
local people come out in numbers to greet passengers and sell their wares.
Today however, was slightly different (though we did not know it in advance) the Prime Minister of French Polynesia was visiting to officially open the new covered dock area. This is where locals gather to greet cruise ship visitors and has recently been finished. So while we were waiting for our transport to the Hilton, the officials all arrived.
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| Looking over the entrance to Opunohu Bay |
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| The iconic needle mountain of Moorea |
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| The Prime Minister of French Polynesia, centre of picture |
Today we
had a day planned at the Hilton resort. The weather was perfect and it was a
thoroughly relaxing day. You would not believe it, but we encountered another
stupid human. Ian had been standing on the shore when he spotted a stingray
swimming close by. He called me down, but by the time I arrived an idiot had
arrived before me and was bending down to try and touch it! Needless to say the
ray took off at a rate of knots! So no photos of a wild stingray.
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