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<\/p>\nIt was time to leave Moorea, which we were sad about. We liked it there and wished we had a few more days to spend there. We were heading to Papeete to pick up our friends Pete and Shelley, who were arriving later in the evening.<\/p>\n
Since we were only going to be in Papeete one night, we opted to go to the sea wall downtown, aka the quay. We didn’t want to deal with anchoring and getting the dinghy down for only one night. There were a few more boats at the wall than last time, but the wall was still mostly empty. It was a weird feeling to pull in, tie up, and just hop off the boat onto dry land.<\/p>\n
There was a security guard patrolling the sea wall and we saw boaters with juicy things to steal, like bikes, sitting on their decks undisturbed, so we suppose the security guard fixed the theft problem.<\/p>\n
We walked over to the roulette trucks for dinner. We picked one of the crepe places, mostly because the table we sat at had plastic chairs with backs and almost all the other tables had plastic stools. Much to our surprise, a waitress came out and served us like it was a real restaurant. We were expecting it to be an order at the counter kind of environment. Christi had a crepe stuffed with smoked salmon in cream sauce, and for dessert a pear and dark chocolate crepe. Eric had a crepe stuffed with ham, onion, and bouillabaisse sauce, and a crepe stuffed with banana and ice cream on top for dessert. The food was excellent. We could get used to walking off the boat and having a variety of wonderful restaurants just steps away. It was so convenient. From the anchorage it would have taken us at least an hour each way to go to the same spot for dinner.<\/p>\n
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The drawbacks of being on the wall were passer-bys all peeped in the windows, there was a lot of traffic noise, and there was a nasty surge from the ferry ship wake. Each time the ferry went by, it would rock like we were at sea and the boat would swish against the fenders protecting the boat from the concrete wall.<\/p>\n
Pete and Shelley arrived around 2000. It was very exciting — almost surreal — to see our long time friends here in Tahiti. We took them over to the roulette trucks for dinner, then for a stroll along the waterfront.<\/p>\n
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It was time to leave Moorea, which we were sad about. We liked it there and wished we had a few more days to spend there. We were heading to Papeete to pick up our friends Pete and Shelley, who … Continue reading