Nuka Hiva

Nuka Hiva

November 8

Taiohae (Nuku Hiva), French Polynesia

All good cruises must come to an end. We

have another week but today was our last

port.

This will probably go down as my favorite

cruise. Going to all the small beautiful

islands has been wonderful. After we left

Hawaii we only stopped at two medium

size cities.

We walked around Nuku Hiva, another

Beautiful island and visited a Catholic

Church with lots of nice carvings and

an archaeological site.

 

 

 

Avatoru, Rangiroa

November 6, 2015

We had an on again off again rainy day in

Avatoru, Rangiroa.

The weather has been wonderful, not too hot

and only a few sprinkles. That’s wonderful

considering  how many ports we’ve been to.

This was another small island. We took a

really nice glass bottom boat trip.

Our location guide Kanoa has told us many

times to do different things and I think we’ve

done a pretty good job.

Unfortunately our trip is nearing an end,

only one more port.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Moorea

November 5, 2015

We had a wonderful 4W drive around Moorea.

We shared our ride with 1 fellow passenger and

4 French people staying on the island. Our

excellent driver did great having to tell

everything twice. Our last stop was similar

to the narrow, steep, crooked roads in Bora

Bora. Great fun.

 

Tahiti Nui II

Tahiti Nui

November 4, 2015

We took a nice tour around Tahiti Nui

Today Papeete to Papeete. Four hours with

four stops which turned into 5½ hours with

5 stops. We saw a sacred site, grotto,

botanical gardens, blow hole and Point

Venus with view point and black beach.

Papeete is a city and Tahiti is more modern

than most of our other stops. But we did see
a lot of  pretty sites.

 

Uturoa, Raitea

November 3

The tour options offered to us in Ututoa,

Raitea included two shopping stops which

was not appealing.

 

We overheard someone at the info desk getting

directions for a walk. It was a hike up a

mountain for a nice view.

The path was a gravel road which wasn’t

real difficult but it was steep. About halfway

I told Foster he needed to sit down and wait

for me. Unfortunately I forgot to get the

camera. Someone is supposed to email me

some pictures if she doesn’t forget.

The day started our hazy and then clouds

rolled in. But when I got to the top the

clouds had cleared a bit and the view

was beautiful.

We did get pictures from lower on the

mountain. The small cemetery is in

someone’s yard which is quite common

in the SP.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bora Bora III

Beautiful w mountain in background