Still smiling from Bora Bora, the following day we sail in to Papeete the main city of Tahiti the largest island in French Polynesia. As the ship was coming in, loads of dolphins were swimming beside us, Col's big wish of the holiday was to see dolphins, unfortunately he had failed to get out of bed in time, so had to endure Sal's description instead! A lovely welcoming party of musicians and pretty pretty dancing girls were there to greet us, which made Col forget about dolphins! The town was a short walk and being the largest city in the area, it was busy, full of cars and people and the port itself was also full of things that ports would be full of, so not what you wanted Tahiti to look like to begin with.
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