Yes, we're here in lovely French Polynesia now. To our shock, we landed and realized that a French phrase book would have been a wise investment (especially given all the friggin planning that went into this)....nevertheless, we have scraped together our pathetic high school French and, with a touch of luck, have been having a great couple of hours here...snorkeling and beach lazing included. We don't have anything to do (hence the blog entry)!! It's so weird!!! Anything goes I guess...
The island of Tahiti is gorgeous, and her sister island Mo'orea looks even better from a distance...we will go there in a day or two. The mountains are pretty darn big, certainly steep, and the clouds hang around them threatening to drop rain at any moment. Didn't take the camera snorkeling yet, just wanted to take it all in. Coral heads in the lagoon are massive and healthy, and there are too many kinds of fish to count.
well, that is all for now, time is money here in French Polynesia...fortunately we have plenty of time but money will be the limiting factor here.
ta ta for now...
3 comments:
Just chiming in. Have fun kids.
Hi from sunrise in Edinburgh, Scotland, Jay. Not quite the same as snorkeling in Tahiti. I read a really interesting essay by Stephen Jay Gould about Moorea concerning indigenous land snails there (Partula sp.), their contribution to understanding evolution, and their demise at the hands of an introduced "killer" snail. Probably won't be mentioned in the brochures over there.
- Dave Remsen
Jay I hope you brought your water pick on this adventure. So many corals so little time. Have fun guys.
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