Kickin it off in Tahiti

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We spent our first 3 nights in French Polynesia on the main island of Tahiti at the Taaroa Lodge, on a small cliff directly above the water. After a comfy 8.5 hour ride on Air Tahiti Nui, we arrived in Pepeete just after 10PM where our host Ralph was waiting with the van to take us back to our lodgings, Taaroa Lodge. Our "dorm room" was in a mid-sized beach bungalow above an outdoor kitchen with 6 low sitting, futon-style beds lining a sloped roofed loft. We shared it with two guys called Ben and Dan from Switzerland "don't use the f word in the same setence as my country" and Germany respectively. They ended up being our travel companions over the next few days and the four of us managed to bring them a new twist to the standard Polynesian experience...
Tahiti is a beautiful, lethargic, lush island, where we spent our days lounging lazily, snorkeling the shallow coral dense waters, making our daily shop-run, drinking beer, cooking communal meals, swatting mosquitos, and bringing the overal noise decibal of the island up a few notches. We left by afternoon ferry to Moorea on the 25th after spending our last night in our host's family home just off a black sands beach 20 minutes from the lodge...

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