We've turned the corner and are heading northeast towards Tahuata, as we are near the end of our voyage, visiting the last 2 islamds on our itinerary during the days ahead! We had a sunrise that was hidden by clouds on the horizon, but what a fantastic sunset. As we had a sea day, we had a relaxing morning at the aft pool, followed by Robbi's standing Mahjongg game. She really has had fun playing and even had some imprmptu games in the afternoon after tours while we were in port. I've been reading and draining the library dry!😃😃 Last night we were treated to a Polynesian Feast complete with a fully stocked Fruit Market. The staff has gone out of their way to decorate and make this a wonderful experience. Today they had a French Restuarant menu complete with mussels, bouillabaise, baguettes, etc. Where they get all these varietties of foods, we'll never know, and we probably won't experience them in our normal day-to-day life when we return to reality!!! W...
We just received our COVID test results and we are NEGATIVE !! Yay!! Whoopee!! And yes, I'm smiling!! We are at the Renaissance Concourse Atlanta Hotel, right at the end of the runway (that's a DELTA jet in the background!) Our room is ready so we'll close for today. We fly out early tomorrow for San Diego and we are finally going to do this after being canceled since the COVID onset. Our itinerary is below. We'll keep y'all posted as we complete this final leg of the South Pacific islands that we started out of Brisbane, Australia in December, 2012!! ITINERARY 27FEB22 Sail from San Diego, California, US 28FEB22 Avalon, California, US (Catalina Island) 01MAR22 Sea Day 02MAR22 Sea Day 03MAR22 Sea Day 04MAR22 Sea Day 05MAR22 Sea Day 06MAR22 Honolulu, Hawaii, US Overnight 07MAR22 Honolulu, Hawaii, US 08MAR22 Kahului, Maui, US 09MAR22 Hilo, Hawaii, US 09...
We arrived early this morning and once again the only access to the bay is through a very narrow opening in the coral reef. Now we are off the tour the island and more history to tell y'all about later! We took a tender ashore and were welcomed with flowers and an artisan market that we browsed through and of course, made a few small purchases! We walked about and noticed the church, Papetaoi, and found out it was the first Protestant church in French Poylnesia and started the diffusion on Protestantism in the 19th Century. Moorea, meaning Yellow Lizard, is one of the younger islands, in terms of volcanic formation. It has a population of around 10,000 people and an average wage of $1500 per month. The island has 6 major cities, each with its own mayor. Children learn French at pre-school. followed by English in 5th grade and in 7th grade they can chose another language. Tahitian language is home-taught. Our tour guide, Maui, was quite informative and we sp...
LOVE that sunset, those smiles and that skyline! Great pics!
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