Oh My My Moorea

Palms against the morning sky

Road in back of the Mobile Station

I can understand why Ron has always wanted to return to these Islands. This is what I imagined; water so clear you can see 40 feet to the sandy bottom, palm tree forests, white sand beaches and fruit that falls to the ground.It just keeps getting better and better.

The hotel across from our anchorage. There is a show tonight at 6PM and we are going to check it out

We spent several day's in Cooks Bay; still unspoiled and beautiful. We had enough of the city and longed to be back in nature.Everyone has worked so hard to get the boat ready. The engine is running like a top again, the water maker works and Sean saved Ron a bundle by repairing the Dingy; which by the way looks great. Remember the dingy went missing in the Marquesas and sustained some damage. We needed to kick back and enjoy a snorkel and a beer.

Sooz and her X-tra large beer

We feasted on Tofu Burgers for lunch with a red cabbage and sour apple salad

Slow Dance in Cooks Bay

Impressive peak

 Wish I could upload some video, cause wow, this place is beautiful. We are surrounded by lush green mountains and palm jungle.                

Chef Salad

Nervous about swimming with the sharks. Sean has an underwater camera, oh boy (Pix from Sooz)

Me with the Tahitian dancer's. The little guy was quite something.

Aga, me and Sooz, with the band

Ohpunho Bay

Beach across from our anchorage. Ron and I walked Trinidad each morning and the crew had a beach party and bond fire. Very cool.

Resort on Moorea

Pray to the mermaids to protect us (Pix by Sooz)

 We went over to check out the hotel by our anchorage and got invited to a Tahitian dance show. Most of us ended up in the show!

Ron got picked first and did a good job of moving his knees the Tahitian way.





 Sooz got the hang of it after watching the other girls.

Ron resorted to watching from the epicenter of activity.

I flailed about (How do they move their hips like that?)

The next day we headed out for Ohpunhu Bay just 2 miles away; a beautiful place as you can see. Getting into the lagoon of these beautiful islands, is not as easy as it may seem. Not being a seaman or should I say, sea woman, I am learning about such things as getting through the pass, how to read the markers to avoid running up on the shallow coral reef. The reef is sticking up out of the water in places and yet, you are passing in water at 90 feet. The currents are strong and we had 30-35 knots of wind at times coming in through the pass. The tides and time of day factor into the right time to enter.