The dance troupe that entertained us on our first night in Tahiti

An aborted mission as our first stop was not able to televise the game, but had time for a draft!

Walking back from the pub and captured the photo op.

This place was a winner. The Manager was very interesting...... Go Indiana! Great game.

Strange Christmas street decorations were weird

Water continually drips from the mountain above to fill this pond

The sand is black here as Tahiti is a volcanic island

The lava rocks are still visible everywhere. Reminder how life always marches on.

This entire island is a botanical garden

Very large river eels, up to 8 feet long, live in these freshwater streams coming from the mountains

Largest fern I have ever seen. These leaves are 10 feet long

Day 2 and 3- Papeete, Tahiti

19. januar, Fransk Polynesien ⋅ ☁️ 77 °F

French Polynesia- Days 2 and 3
Today we docked in Papeete, Tahiti. It rained like crazy the first day the first day we arrived. We forfeited a catamaran ride and hung out on the ship. A long nap and nice salmon dinner with Baked Alaska for dessert was substituted.
The second day, we climbed into a van with another couple from Boston, Carol and Burt, and were guided around the 72 mile perimeter of the island.
We saw beautiful gardens, waterfalls, beaches, and learned a lot about local fruit crops. They grow everything in their yards! Guava, avocados, bread fruit, mangos, coconuts, and lots of other delicious morsels I haven’t heard of before.
As we pulled out of port, the rain came down so hard we couldn’t see the water from our veranda. These islands get over 180 inches of rain annually.
We are out to sea for one day and then anchor outside the reef on Rarotonga, Cook Islands.Læs mere

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