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| After a rainy and rough ferry ride over to Moorea our taxi man lets us out to get our first real glimpse of paradise. That is Tahiti in the distance. |
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| Monopoly money!! |
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| Contemplating his future maritime expeditions?? This was the front porch of our little bungalow at Fare Vaihere (our guest house on Moorea). |
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| Our front "yard". |
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| Practice makes perfect! |
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| Beverage of choice. |
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| It's go time. |
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| Still cloudy but water was crystal clear. |
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| Our host and tour guide, Phillip attracting new stingray friends (slimy). |
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| Those dark blobs are coral reef albeit not in the best condition. A world of beautiful fish though! |
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| Camping island style |
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| New day = new possibilities. |
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| View of Fare Vaihere from the boat. We had to be shuttled via kayak in order to not damage the motu (reef). |
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| View from the top of Magic Mountain. You can see now how the motu bleeds from the edge of the island - well volcano. |
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| Close up |
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| Squeaky bikes are the best form of transport on island time. |
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| Photo op! |
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| H U M I D |
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| Sorry Max. |
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| Our first proper Tahitian sunset |
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| The hubs and wifey |
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| Ahhhhh and now onto Bora Bora!! |
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| The lagoon here was unBELIEVABLE. I took this from the pier at the airport. |
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| Boat taxi to hotel. |
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| Wicked |
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| Mmmmmmmmmmmmm |
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| After thinking and eventually vocalizing "That can't be safe?" we thoroughly enjoyed watching this duo paddle around the lagoon in front of our hotel. |
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| First proper Tahitian moonrise! |
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| Stunning |
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| A lot going on with this face right now. |
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| Public beach outside our hotel apparently voted best beach in the world by the NY Times at some point. I was struck by how calm the water was despite the line of storms in the background. |
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| Another interesting face... on the way back to the airport. Next up - Tikehau!! Stay tuned. |



































