Moorea

Wednesday 8 October

Early this morning we were on deck

to witness our arrival in Moorea.

a ship wreck

view from our deck

we took the tender ashore

then we took a boat smaller than the tender to
go our our excursion  around

the driver of the boat was very relax, no hand on the wheel

we came across people swimming with reef shark and rays

we arrived at the motu

the lagoon where we swam with the rays

the beach, coarse sand and mostly coral bits

the rays were very friendly

and loved to be patted

then the rain came and everybody sheltered waiting

for the sun to come back for us to go have a swim!!!

Deuh!! when we realised how stupid this was we all

went back in the water and the sun came back

to dry us

but on the way back it rained again

Margaret and Paul

tonight is the farewell dinner
we had bomb Alaska for dessert.
the chiefs brought them in a defile with loud music.

Sandra

our waiters

our table group

It is sad this is the end of our cruise.

Tomorrow Papeete and debarking.

we went to the bar to listen to music for a little while

before going on deck and watching some Tahitian dancing

Bora Bora part two

Tuesday 7 October

After our 4 wheel drive of the island

we went back to the ship for lunch

and freshen up.

We needed more than freshen up

our washers were black from the dust.

We took the tender back to the island 

and went to explore Vaitape.

walking around the town

 very quiet

no much traffic

we had some clouds but no rain.
This morning captain Carlo Servillo told us
 that we might have a drizzle but that it was:
"liquid sunshine".....

very peaceful

nobody wear helmet

While we were having dinner our ship was
leaving Bora Bora on our way to Morea

Before going to dinner I watch the tender being lift up

our dinner table companions

Jim and Sandra from Canada

 
Paul and Margaret from Newcastle in Australia

good bye Bora Bora, a beautiful island

Bora Bora part one

Bora Bora

Tuesday 7 October

we were up early to see the ship arriving in Bora Bora

We took a 4 wheels drive tour of the island

We were about 6 jeeps in a convoy

passing through the village

the track was very rough.In some part the rut was so deep
 the driver of the jeep in front of us jumped out of the car
to take photo of his passengers, the car stay in the rut.

our jeep

I turn around and saw that our driver was not
holding the stirring wheel

we stop to visit an artist

It was very beautiful, incredible colours

Claude and our driver

at a pearl place where we stopped too we were
given some crowns

our ship

In the tender going back to the ship
for lunch