Travel Day and Leaving PPT Airport

Lazy morning packing things up from the hostel, hitchhiked to the ferry terminal to catch the last ferry of the day back to Pape’ete. Got picked up by two local girls who said if I had more time I should try fafaru, a local favourite dish that consists of tuna marinated in fermented sea water and with fermented coconut milk drizzled on top (apparently very pungent and not something the tourists try, but the locals like it). I (unfortunately?) didn’t have time to try it, but maybe next time haha

Took the ferry over, walked around Papeete for a bit, before catching a taxi to the airport (missed the cheaper day fare by a few minutes!) then hung out at the airport until my flight to Auckland (which was scheduled to leave at 3am!)

Turns out the incoming plane was delayed by an hour and a half so the actual departure ended up being around 4:30am. So basically a night in the airport. Got a burger from the airport McDonald’s right before they closed at 10pm (driest Big Mac I’ve had). Found the only outlet to charge my phone behind some vending machines. Took a nap between 1am and 2am on the only non-armrest bench I could find (didn’t want to sleep on the floor as I saw a GIANT spider roaming around)

Groggily got on the plane around 4am and slept most of the flight in my extra thin exit row window seat with no window lol. Maybe pants would have been a good idea as the plane was kept frigid, but I checked my bag w more clothes oopsRead more