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Oceania » French Polynesia May 3rd 2010

Geo: -16.3254, -145.621Today we enjoyed a wonderful morning snorkelling at an area called "The Moon". It was full of beautiful coral and young fish. In the afternoon it was back to the South Pass for another unbelievable day of snorkelling. This really is paradise. We enjoyed delicious mussels and long nosed emperor fish for dinner. The meals here are GREAT.... read more
"The Moon" little fish
type of parrot fish
View from the South Pass

Oceania » French Polynesia May 2nd 2010

Geo: -16.3254, -145.621Jim and I spent another wonderful morning enjoying Irefa Beach. The swimming was great and the scenery is so beautiful. In the afternoon we joined the other couple with us and went to a snorkelling area called the South Pass. We snorkelled in a small lagoon full of amazing fish and beautiful coral gardens. We swam among 3 ft long Napoleon fish, black tipped reef sharks, white tipped reef sharks, moray eels, and hundreds of other types of beautiful fish. Some of our favorite fish were the trumpetfish, parrotfish, angelfish, moorish idols, picassofish and many many more. We have never seen so many different fish, so close. It was pretty exciting to be so close to sharks. From the lagoon was a passage into the pass between the atoll and the open ocean, where ... read more
Jim with the Napoleon fish
Napoleon fish
Butterflyfish

Oceania » French Polynesia May 1st 2010

Geo: -16.3254, -145.621Had a great first night in our hut. Today Jim and I spent part of our day at Irefa Beach, a beautiful pink sand beach we reached by boat. We had this beautiful spot totally to ourselves. We walked the beach and did some snorkelling until we were picked up by our hosts.... read more
Jim at Pink Sand Beach
Pink Sand Beach
Pink Sand Beach

Oceania » French Polynesia April 30th 2010

Geo: -16.3254, -145.621Today after receiving another beautiful lei from our hosts we flew back to Tahiti for our flight to the island of Fakarava. It was a two hour flight and then a one and a half hour speedboat ride. But Raimiti was everything we had hoped it would be for us. We are staying here with one other couple from London, and we have this beautiful isolated destination to ourselves. We are staying in thatched huts with no electricity, but we do have running hot and cold water. The atoll is a tropical paradise. The meals are outstanding. We may not leave!!!... read more
Our hut
Beach scene
View of our hut by the lagoon

Oceania » French Polynesia April 29th 2010

Geo: -16.444, -152.257Today we had another day of snorkelling, beach walking, and wonderful food. We also did some kayaking in the lagoon and did a hike to a mountain on the island of Maupiti. The weather is amazing and our hosts are great.... read more
View from our hike

Oceania » French Polynesia April 28th 2010

Geo: -16.444, -152.257Snorkelling, walking the beaches, and eating delicious seafood. Who could ask for anything more?... read more
bougainvillea
fish
moorish idol fish and butterfly fish

Oceania » French Polynesia April 27th 2010

Geo: -16.444, -152.257We had a nice one hour flight from Tahiti to Maupiti. We were greeted with beautiful lei's from our guesthouse hosts Gerald and Josie, before being transported by boat to our lovely motu oasis. We enjoyed a lovely tropical breakfast on arrival. Then it was out for a boat ride around the beautiful lagoon. We had two sightings of Manta Rays which was amazing. We spent the day snorkelling and walking the remote beaches. In the evening we feasted on wonderful seafood. Life is rough!!... read more
beach life Jim
snorkellig area on motu
Maupiti

Oceania » French Polynesia April 26th 2010

Geo: -17.52, -149.56It has always been a dream of mine to come to French Polynesia and here we are. Wow! We have two nights in Papeete, Tahiti before flying to an island called Maupiti. Papeete is a tropical city with a lovely ocean promenade. ... read more
Yes, another sunset photo!
Waterfront Promenade in Papeete

Oceania » French Polynesia April 23rd 2010

Sorry no pictures from here we are on tortoise dial up broadband and it keeps crashing when I try to add them We left Auckland for Papeete (Tahiti). Go to the airport and the golf was on the television so Alan parked himself and I went off to wander around the shops. Took a look out of one of the viewing windows and an 767 had smoke bellowing out of its belly and was surrounded by fire engines, apparently it got to the run way and someone had noticed it so it came back in. Not a good thing to see just before you are about to fly. Anyway off we went, Air New Zealand, another brand new plane and not a bump all the way there, if only all flights were like this. We crossed ... read more

Oceania » French Polynesia » Moorea February 23rd 2010

Valtameren jymisevÀ sininen autius. Sting rayt ja hait.... read more
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