Moorea

Sand and Petals
Originally uploaded by Robbi Baba.

I just dug up some old photos from our trip to Moorea last year and posted them (with comments) on Flickr.
This was the last stop on our three month journey. We basically got a free stopover on Tahiti and decided to make a holiday of it. I had this idea that we'd just rest, bask in the hot tropical sand and plosh about in the water, and arrive home rested and tan after fleeing the onset of New Zealand's winter.
We knew it would be really expensive. Each night's lodging was way more than two weeks in Thailand. And we weren't going out to any resturants! We'd read that one hamburger and coke would cost about $45.00!
But how often do you get to go to French Polynesia?
So we went for it and had a lovely time. We stayed at three (very) different places and each had it's own charms.
We were a little disappointed by the coolness of the water--it was winter after all. And the coral wasn't looking too good. That was a bit sad.
But we saw lots of cool fish, got to see yet another culture (or two). Of course I've already written about it on this here blog. June 2005 I think.
But check out our photos if you like. (This one taken by Krista).
Just in time for our own chilly weather here.