Day Two: 10 September, 2010 - Tahiti & Moorea
When we woke, it was a dream to look out over the ocean and nearby motus, but we were starved...
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| From the Intercontinental looking over at Moorea |
We had breakfast in our hotel which is a huge buffet as you can see by the pictures. It reminds me of my trip to Italy. European fare with lots of yummy Italian cold cuts and fresh baked goods.
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| Buffet Cold Cuts |
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| Hot Order Menu, Omlettes and such |
Before we headed out, we took some pictures (more SUPER blues) of our new surroundings and found time for a little kicking back and refreshments... Tahiti Style! Hey, it was 4pm at home... :P
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| View of Moorea from the reception area of the Intercontinental Tahiti |
Flowers EVERYWHERE!
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| Lady picking flowers along the shore |
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| Intercontinental bungalows - Moorea in distance |
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| Paula finds her purple flower |
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| Finally! |
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| Cheers! |
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A truly incredible drink we shared!
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Next was on a little plane for a 10 minute filght over to Moorea on a 20 seater, twin engine (Otter 300), so small both of us hit our heads when we climbed the stairs into the plane.
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| Air Moorea - Otter 300 (20 Seater) |
Our heads didn't hurt so bad once we started taking in sights, all of the blue hues are sooo incredible
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| Just leaving Faa'a - Intercontinental overwater bungalows visible at left center |
This time we were greeted by a guide holding a piece of paper with our name. He grabbed our luggage and we boarded a little bus (by ourselves) and took off through the little villages of Moorea, where you can see pineapple and coconut plantations and the famous Cook Bay where parts of Marlon Brando's Mutiny on the Bounty was filmed. Along the way we stopped at a local market to pick up some stuff for the room. Here's the Hilton Moorea Lagoon resort front.
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| Reception Area |
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| Hilton Moorea |
It didn't take long for the relaxation to begin and Andrew to jump into and start playing in the perfect 82 degree aquarium, I mean lagoon where was able to check him out through the glass floor in our room.
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| Andrew taking a picture of me from in the lagoon up through the glass floor |
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| Moorea's crystal clear waters and tropical fish (zebra damsel) just below the bungalow. |
After settling in we went exploring, caught the sunset
went for dinner. found some entertainment...
...and ended up getting a burger and shrimp dish, man was it tasty!
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