Author: richwest3

July 20, 2012

Our last night at Marina Taina was very special – La Laopiote performed.  This is a couple with two small girls who are sailing around the world and are “Cirque du Soleil” type acrobats.  They pull their boat in at marinas and put on an incredible show, right on their boat.

We saw them for the first time in San Pedro.  What a treat to see them again in Tahiti, and on our final night there.  We went to both shows, both very different.  There were over a hundred people on the dock for the second show, and it was all right next to our boat.

July 10 – 20, 2012

These are a few of the beautiful sunsets we had at Marina Taina in Papeete.

July 19, 2012

We rented a car, mostly to fill our propane tank, but also to play tourist and see the island.  Along with Larry and Nelda from Diamond Girl, we accomplished both tasks.

First stop, a McDonald’s (McCafe actually – desperate Starbucksless times call for desperate measures).  Turns out this McDonald’s was near and a tribute to Teahupoo, a famous surfing spot with gigantic, massive waves.  The closest we got to the waves was posing in front of the life-size mural.

Then a beautiful, short walk to a waterfall.

And Lunch, of course!

July 10 – 20, 2012

Explore, eat, explore, eat, eat, eat.  That’s our life.  We’re making up for the lack of Starbucks by eating all the poisson cru we can get our hands on (raw fish!).

Here’s the site of this days dining assult.

We found Leffe – our favorite beer.

And of course, poisson cru.

This is the central market where they sell everything!

And Cyndi almost had to carry me out of the hardware store.

July 17, 2012

We did something really cool while at Tahiti – along with the crew of Diamond Girl, we took a safari tour in to the center of the island – Highly recommended.  Our guide, Sidney, loaded us on to the bench seats in the back of a four wheel drive pickup truck and off we went.  Here’s some of what we saw.

We saw lots of waterfalls like this one.

And this one.

We stopped here for some swimming.

Larry, Nelda and Cyndi cooling off.

We drove beside, across and through a river almost the entire trip.

Stunning scenery like this and too much more to show here.

We turned around and headed back at the overlook above this beautiful lake.  What a great day! -Rich