Day 249, Year 1: Roadtrip Around Tahiti
Date: Friday, June 23, 2006
Weather: Cloudy Mixed With Periods of Sunshine
Location: Anchored Closer to the Reef, Still Near Marina Taina, Papeete, Tahiti
Today we drove our little rental car, a Fiat Panda, around the entire perimeter of the island of Tahiti and down the west coast of Tahiti Iti. This is the smaller island connected to mainland Tahiti by an isthmus. It was a great day, but since everyone but me is already asleep, you know it was an exhausting day. Tomorrow we head into Papeete to explore the city and we plan to take in a full-blown Tahitian dance show tomorrow night.
It is simply too late at night for me to recap all of today’s island circumnavigation in complete detail. We visited the tomb of the last King of Tahiti, Pomare V, viewed Papeete across to Moorea from One Tree Hill (there was only one tree here when Captain Cook arrived in the 1700’s), looked across the lagoon to Motu Martin from Point Venus, ran from the spray of the Arahoho Blowhole, saw numerous island churches, walked to beautiful Vaimahuta Waterfalls, drove down the west coast of Tahiti Ita and saw surfers riding the waves and an outrigger canoe haven, visited the Gauguin Museum in Papeari, walked through the public gardens at Vaipahi, visited the incredible Maraa Fern Grotto and the marae of Arahurau, made a quick stop at the Museum of Tahiti and Her Islands. We ended up at La Meridian-the hotel where Lee and Mary Ellen will stay after flying back to here from Bora Bora. We saw so much and really enjoyed the day.
Tomorrow we will head into Papeete and see more of the sights there. It is great to be out here with family. Truly a special experience.
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