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Circle Island Drive (Tahiti, Society Islands)

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!

Another trip to Downtown Papeete (Tahiti, Society Islands)

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.

Tahiti Safari Tour (Tahiti, Society Islands)

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