Our
Air France flight was on time arriving in
PPT. The service was much better than what we get from US airlines. The seats were ok but wish they had been just a bit wider. We Americans are not small! The long flight to get to FP from the east coast is grueling but what can you do??
Faa'a Airport. There is a female dancer and 2 guys playing music to greet us. Nice welcome! There is a long line to get through Immigration and it takes a while even with 4 or 5 agents open. Eventually we do get through to where we can claim our bags. Next is to hit the ATM to get some CPF/XPF. I'm a bit confused because you choose the amount of CPF you want, not the amount of USD. I select 50000 which will show up on my banking page as $493.00 withdrawal.
We are greeted with a lovely, fragrant flower lei and directed to the
Marama van that will take us to the
ferry dock. The rep who meets us gives us an envelope with the ferry tickets in it. We will take the
Aremiti II. It is much larger than expected as cars are being loaded as well as passengers. The ferry is very comfortable with inside seating, tables, and a cafe where you can order drinks and food. We head to the upstairs open deck. There's a rainbow! Hoping that means we will have an awesome trip. The ferry ride is not long-under an hour but it's nice to be able to take in the views. We can see
Moorea!
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Ferry building
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Ferry tickets
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Cars loading
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| Wow! |
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| Us on the upper deck of the ferry |
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Lots of seats
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Rainbow over Papeete
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Leaving Papeete
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| First glimpse of Moorea |
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Arriving Moorea
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| Docking in Moorea |
We collect our luggage and are directed to another van-
Moorea Mahana Tours- that will take us to our hotel.
Intercontinental Moorea. Check in is very smooth and even though we are here early in the morning our bungalow is ready. Welcome drink-yummy. Given map of resort, information about breakfast, the restaurants, pools, etc. This resort is very large. On the map we see there are tennis courts (don't want to play in this heat!), a helipad, a gym, Helene Spa, Top Dive center, Dolphin Center. There is a shuttle bus that goes to Let Petit Village for 500 XPF per person each way. Available from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Call for return pick up from TOTAL gas station next door.
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| On our way to IC Moorea |
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| Entrance to our resort on Moorea |
A golf cart takes us to our beach front bungalow #319. We are steps away from the beach, the pools, and the restaurant for the breakfast buffet. Perfect location. Take pictures of our bungalow which consists of a bedroom area, bathroom, sitting room. There are even pocket doors that close off the bedroom area from the living room area and the bathroom area from the bedroom area. Nice deck with loungers, table and chairs. Great view of the water/beach. Outdoor shower. I am extremely happy with our accommodations. Tahiti.com has done a nice job so far. We will be here 6 nights, 5/18-5/24/18. Unpacking done. Richard gets me a few more hangers. Send e-mail to confirm dinner for tonight as well as some other places I've made reservations that needed to know our room number.
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Our beach front bungalow
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| We are #319 |
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King size bed in the bedroom
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Double sinks and bathtub
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| Nice toiletries |
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| Separate shower |
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| Living room area with chair and couch |
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Desk and flat screen TV in living room area
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| Safe |
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| Glasses and items for making coffee, tea, etc. |
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| Iron and ironing board |
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| Table and chairs on our deck with great ocean/beach view |
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| Loungers on our deck |
We decide to head to the
pool to refresh ourselves. Um-the water is a bit cold! Richard was fine with the water temp though. I have scheduled a 1 tank dive for him today with
Moorea Fun Dive. www.moorea-fundive.com They will pick him up at 2:20 PM. Cost 7500 XPF. I buy some postcards and stamps. Concierge says Rudy's will only provide free pick up if a total of 6 are going. The concierge also gives me a printed out list of several Moorea restaurants. While Richard is diving I decide to take a
nap. I hear some knocking but when I get to the door there's no one there. Knocking again and it's Richard back from his dive. Tao Toi site. He saw turtles. Some fish and black tip sharks. The dive was ok, nothing out of this world amazing. Time to get ready for dinner.
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| Richard is happy |
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| Nice pool but the water was cold |
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| Pool is right next to the beach |
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Moorea Fun Dive
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| Black tip shark |
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| Fish |
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Turtle
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| Turtle |
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| Cornet fish |
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| Fish |
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Fish
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Dinner-
Mayflower. Pick up at 7:00 PM. Drinks-mojito for me and Hinano amber for Richard. Basket of crusty french bread. I think what Richard wanted to order-the mahi mahi??-they didn't have so he got the fish of the day special which was a kind of white fish. It came with local curcuma and coconut milk sauce on the side, pota which is the local spinach, and some other local vegetables. I ordered the half cooked red tuna with pepper sauce on the side, sliced potatoes, local vegetables. Both entrees were very good. Cost without tip 7800 XPF/$77.33. Credit cards accepted. No room for dessert but we got complimentary puffy pastry with coconut-yummy! I left a tip on the table but in going over my pictures I noticed that the menu stated that taxes and service are included. Need to make sure I check better the next time. We are beat so early bedtime. We will find that we are going to bed much earlier than we do at home. By 9:00 or 10:00 PM ready to call it a night. The heat and sun take a lot out of you. Richard has another dive scheduled for tomorrow so we set the alarm for 6:30 AM.
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Pick up van
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Mayflower Restaurant
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| View from our table |
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Enjoying dinner
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Menu
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