Last Day of the Whole TripToaroto Beach Roosters are up again at 5:30am. After breakfast and a bit of packing, John and I head to Toaroto Beach for our last bit of snorkeling. I watch a small starfish make his way across the coral.It is hard to say goodbye to the water but we go back to our place to hang our wet towels and bathing suits, take showers and …
Around TahitiMara’s Grottos I wake at 5:30am to a cacophony of crowing roosters.The French are rubbing off on us. We head down to the store to buy our fresh baguette for breakfast. Our host drops by with eggs freshly laid by his chickens. Jiggy the family dog hangs around hoping for scraps but we’ve been warned not to feed her.Tahiti is to French Polynesia’s Society Islands what Oahu is to …
Bora Bora to TahitiFinal Morning in Bora Bora We have visitors while eating breakfast this morning. Three chickens come clucking and poking around the yard.Desiree (our host at Lady Bora Bora) says that she will take us to Viatape at 11:30am to catch the 12:00pm Air Tahiti catamaran to Bora Bora Airport which is on a nearby motu (reef island). We leisurely pack and relax in our beautiful setting until …
Lazy Day in Bora BoraMorning at Lady Bora Bora and Viatape We wake up and have breakfast on our deck. Then just relax.We decide to check out the island’s main town, Vaitape. It is only a ten minute bike ride away. John insists on buying pareos in town. I think he may have had a fashion epiphany at the pareo wrapping demonstration yesterday. Saturday at Matira BeachAt 3:30pm Desiree drives us …