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Exploring Papeete

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The weather has improved so we decided to go into downtown to do a little exploring and then maybe go to one of the Heiva (cultural festival) competitions, which we know was going on now, but we didn’t know what time the competitions were. We caught a bus to downtown Papeete and got off at the theater where the Heiva competition was happening. The theater is right on the waterfront in the heart of downtown. We walked around looking for signs or brochures indicating which competitions were happening at what times, but saw nothing to that effect. We looked for the tourism office, which according to Lonely Planet was right there, but couldn’t find it. We gave up and went sight seeing, deciding to head down the waterfront first. Continue reading →

Welcome to Tahiti

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We pulled into the lagoon at sunrise using the main pass, which is in downtown Papeete. Since we approached in the dark, we didn’t get to see the views from the distance, but from here it looked like Tahiti is a single large mountain that slopes down to the water. It is much less imposing than the Marquesas, which are taller, steeper, and clearly had many mountains. There were buildings all around, including many big buildings that were 4 and 5 stories tall. There appeared to be buildings all the way around the shore and most of the way up the mountain. A bunch of trash floated past us. Yep, we are in a city. Continue reading →

Cleaning Fish & The Drift Snorkel Ride

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Christi awoke feeling brave. “I can do it. I can clean the fish” she chanted to herself. She pulled the fish out of the refrigerator and pulled out an instruction book. Hmmm”¦. How do I know if I follow the small fish directions or the flat fish directions? It isn’t clear how small “small fish” is. She grabbed a different instruction book, but it was no clearer. Both books used technical language that she couldn’t comprehend. This was a desperate situation. Time was ticking on the Continue reading →

Selling Nordhavns and Watching Movies

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This morning we went back to the bakery as soon as we got up. We had already eaten all our Danish and wanted more. To our delight, they also had chocolate croissants and banana tarts. The banana tarts had a layer of mashed banana, a layer of pudding, and a layer of meringue. Yumm. It is quite possible that bakeries are the best thing in the world.

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