Beautiful Tahiti! As we had an overnight stop here, we had plenty of time to choose to do a tour here. On leaving the ship, the sounds of a traditional Tahitian band greeted us. Many people were offering tours galore, it was difficult to choose one. The ship's tours were very pricey and the one we eventually chose was $100 per person cheaper, for exactly the same just minus a lunch. It would have to be an extraordinary lunch to be worth that much. Anyway, our bus trip took us around the whole island, 4.5 hours, with a lovely guide for $45 each. Well worth it. We visited all the main sights and it was the most beautiful, lush island.
In the evening, along the waterfront, there was an annual festival. Lots of craft stalls, food vans selling the most amazing food (bit scared to try it) and another fantastic dance display, full costume. George and I had our photos taken with some of the dancers.
Note to our son Kevin: thank your lucky stars that your parents are not Tahitian! The custom here (sort of dying out a bit now) is that the eldest male in the family is raised as a female. Let me assure you that we witnessed this on numerous occasions. You check out the adam's apple, but it's a bit easier to tell than that! Papeete was really lovely, although very expensive to buy anything. They seemed to have their own conversion rate into US dollars. We leave at 4 a.m. and arrive in Moorea at 7 a.m., its just along the road, I mean sea.
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