Tahiti Tahiti island of dreams I was so sick the as we approached Tahiti that I finally broke down and went to the sketchy boat doctor who was more than happy to prescribe me a Japanese cocktail of strange drugs. I took them all 4 x a day and didn't get out of bed for 3 days. Finally Tahiti appeared before my eyes. A gorgeous lush tropical island and I was determined to dive no matter what! We went to a small island called Moorea and bunked into a garden chalet with 20 other friends from the ship. I raced off [View Full Entry]

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Today was the reason that our budget had been tight all week - we'd booked to do a whale and dolphin watching tour. Unfortunately the day didn’t start off great as I’d had really bad earache all night (I think I got some water trapped in it when snorkelling) and Matt was in pain with his leg as he’d hurt it yesterday. Luckily the trip wasn’t until lunchtime so we both took pain killers and lay on the beach reading our books until we felt a bit better. We were surprised to see that the trip was full of Australians and [View Full Entry]

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This morning Matt demanded that we buy a coffee before having our bread and jam breakfast. I reminded him that the coffee tasted terrible here - so strong that you can almost chew it - but he still wanted to go, and I was missing caffeine so we went to the bar. The first couple of sips were satisfying, but then we had to load in the milk and sugar before we dared drink any more. By the time we’d both had a cup and a half we were practically buzzing. Sitting in the bar we had a perfect view out [View Full Entry]

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Another day started with bread and jam, then it was on to the beach to read our books. After a while we went out for a snorkel and tried out the underwater camera for the first time. Matt got some amazing shots. The current here was still strong so it was difficult to hold still when you wanted to watch a particular fish. Today some fish were really brave (or stupid) and came right up to us, even spending time sitting on Matt’s blue flipper while he had it on the floor to balance himself while taking some pictures. I think [View Full Entry]

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We got up early and headed to the beach so that our room could be serviced and we could come back for a feast of bread and jam for breakfast. After an hour reading on sun loungers we headed back only to find that it hadn’t been done yet so we decided to have breakfast anyway as we were starving. Full of baguette we headed back to the beach to read our books for a while to kill some time before we set off on the transfer to the nearby motu which was offered by the watersports place on the beach. [View Full Entry]

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We were woken by the sounds of people going for breakfast again around 8am, and by 8.30am I’d dragged Matt out of bed so that we could go and see how expensive breakfast was in the bar. The lagoon looked very inviting even at that time in the morning when it was sunny but not too hot. We ordered a couple of crossiants and coffee each (£8 in total) and we made a pact to go and buy more bread so that we didn’t have to spend this much for breakfast again. Although we’d been missing coffee, this was more like [View Full Entry]

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Our room doesn’t have very thick walls so I was woken at 6.30am as people started going for breakfast. I managed to doze off but every now and again I’d be woken by someone else opening their sliding door. By 8am the cleaners were into the rooms vacuuming. Although breakfast wasn’t included in the rooms, it seemed that everyone at the resort was heading to the bar. When the cleaner had finally made it to the room next door at 8.30 I thought it was time we got up. I dragged Matt out as we’d decided the night before to walk [View Full Entry]

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.Tahiti Part 2 Hi everybody and sorry for the delay for Tahiti Part 2! Part 2 of my trip in Tahiti. On Monday my father and I took the ferry to Papeete to join my twin who arrived the day before, and my mum. Had something to eat and then we went to the movie and see 'Bienvenue chez les ch'tis' obviously by the title a french one. It is the most popular French movie of the decade I think they sold 20 million tickets. It's about the Ch'tis; Ch'tis are from North of France so it's more about cliches and [View Full Entry]

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After leaving South America, I spent a week in Tahiti/French Polynesia to relax, unwind, get a tan, and to reflect on my last 11 months of travel. I spent the time on the island of Moorea - a gorgeous tropical island with white sand, turquoise and emerald coloured waters, coconut trees, and sun, with the only downfall being a lot of mosquitoes. Tahiti is known for being ridiculously expensive but I managed to keep expenses down by staying in a basic campground and cooking my own food. I spent most of my time relaxing on the beach or in the hammock, [View Full Entry]

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Right no entry about Wellington definitely when I can but I am going to Perth tonight and my friend Katy (aka SWINGER) wanted me to put some pictures from my trip to Tahiti so here are some pictures and the first entry about Tahiti. After spending one night on the bus from Wellington to Auckland where I barely slept (gosh babies should be banned from buses and planes!) a few hours in Auckland Airport and 5hours by plane I landed in Papeete, Tahiti at 9pm and welcomed by my mum and my old sister. Was tired from the last night and [View Full Entry]

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