August 9, 2023 As we sailed into the bay at Huahine the sun was rising and at the bow of the boat several whales were breaching to welcome us. The captain popped out of the bridge to see the whales and cried out to them “please don’t go under the boat”!! A magical start to …
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Tahiti – Bora Bora Day 2
August 9, 2023 Woke up to cloudy skies that resulted in not a spectacular sunrise…drat! But the day got better quickly as I set off to snorkel with the black tip sharks and stingrays! As the boat approached the snorkel spots a school of black tip sharks swam by and I knew it was gonna …
Tahiti Bora Bora
August 7, 2023 Another day in paradise! In the early morning we arrived in the bay of Bora Bora where we will be anchored for the next two days. Bora Bora has one small town where you can walk ten minutes in each direction and see it all. As our guide said if you don’t …
Tahiti – Motu Mahaea
August 6, 2023 Another spectacular sunrise as we sailed into Motu Mahaea which is a private island owned by Windstar close to Tahaa, There were lots of tiny island surrounding and I decided that I might be able to buy the one that was a single palm tree and about 6 feet of land…lol! …
Tahiti – Raiatea
August 5, 2024 The sunrise this morning was specular the colors kept changing an becoming more beautiful as we sailed into Raiatea. We passed lots of little islands that could of been Gilligan’s island and the people I shared the moment with were all commenting on which character they wanted to be. Raiatea is a …
Tahiti Moorea
August 4, 2023 The day started when I heard the engines turn on at 5:00 am to start our trip from Papeete to Moorea. This is a really short trip (only 30 minutes on the ferry) but we went really slow and it took three hours. I went on deck for the trip and …
Tahiti – Day 2 Papeete
August 3, 2023 The day started off with a big disappointment when my tour that I booked two months ago got cancelled. This was a snorkel trip with sea scooter that had shark faces painted on them. It was the tour I was most looking forward to……drat!!! But then I stood on the dock and …
Tahiti – Papeete
August 2 , 2023 After a long day of travel (22 hours0 we checked into the Hilton Tahiti at about 10:30 at night and crashed. Before dawn I was up exploring the resort and the beauty of the island! Can’t wait to get in the pool. It is slightly larger (ok really larger) than the …