Mom and
Dad, also known as Chip and Karen, arrived early so we could
celebrate their 55th Wedding anniversary, December 17th,
with them, here in Tahiti. For the day, we had a rental car and
hired my friend, Corinne, to go with us as a guide. She recently
retired from the Tahitian Department of Culture and has a PHD in
Polynesian Culture, so she is a wealth of information! We stopped at
one of the biggest Marae's (Polynesian sacred sight), same place Mike
and I had seen the play back in July.
I got
their photo next to the famous Tiki from Raivavae in the Astral
Islands.
We
stopped to look at a small waterfall and Mike discovered a carving in
the cliff.
There
were magical flowers all around this waterfall, which reminded me of
the ones from the movie “Avatar”.
There
was a big carved stone there too. One side had ocean waves and
fishies and the other had men in an outrigger canoe, paddling the
sea.
Next
stop was the 3 Cascadas (waterfalls). We only went to the first one
because the trail is closed to the other two. The flowers there were
blooming fabulously.
And the
waterfalls are very tall here!
At the
South East side of the island is the big surfer haven Teahapoo, where
I got Mom and Dad to surf the wave in the parking lot!
We also
stopped near the botanical gardens and saw some more beautiful
flowers.
These
are called Pagoda, because they grow in the shape of one.
The
tropical scenery was awesome.
We
dropped of Corinne at her house and enjoyed the view below where
Avatar is anchored near Marina Taina. That is Moorea in the
background.
Once
Kevin arrived we sailed all of us over to Moorea. It takes about 3
hours.
We were
dodging rain squalls.
Kevin
enjoyed the sail from the foredeck.
We were
happy to have our family on board!
A cloud
did finally catch us, but not for too long, luckily.
Here we
are entering Cooks Bay Moorea! Made it safe and sound!
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