SNAPSHOTS OF MOOREA

INCREDIBLE SUNSET FROM OUR OVERWATER FARE

FADING RAPIDLY BUT STILL BEAUTIFUL

OUR KIDS IN THE OUTRIGGER CALLING IT A DAY

CHANGING SKY

THESE GUYS SAILED BY EACH NIGHT (TAHITI IN BACKGROUND)

PEACEFUL EARLY MORNING JUST BEFORE BREAKFAST

VIEW OF ISLAND FROM OUR FARE

ANOTHER VIEW OF MOOREA VILLAGE FROM OUR FARE

TINY FISHERMAN - BIG PASSENGER SCHOONER

LEAVING PORT CRUISING JUST OUTSIDE THE BARRIER REEF

NOW THAT'S A MORAY!  (LOOK CAREFULLY)

2 DIFFERENT TYPES OF SEA CUCUMBER RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER

NIGHT SHOT UNDER OUR FARE OF "SOMETHING" ON THE BOTTOM.  MY WIFE SWEARS IT WAS A LIONFISH.  I'M JUST NOT SURE.  I DID SWIM WITH LIONFISH DURING THE DAY THERE SO THEY ARE AROUND!  ANY IDEA WHAT THIS GUY MIGHT BE?

PINEAPPLE FIELD.  THESE PINEAPPLES WERE THE BEST WE'VE EVER TASTED.  THEY WERE SO TENDER YOU DIDN'T NEED TO BOTHER CORING THEM.

PROCESSING THE SWEET FRUIT

BREADFRUIT TREE

VIEW OF LOVELY LAGOON FROM AN ELEVATED ISLAND ROAD

A LITTLE MOTU OR ISLAND IN THE LOCAL LANGUAGE 

SHARK'S TOOTH MOUNTAIN (BALI HAI) AND COOKS BAY DOWN BELOW

SHARK'S TOOTH IS ACTUALLY PART OF AN OLD, SEMI-COLLAPSED VOLCANIC CRATER

BEAUTIFUL DANCING BY A LOCAL DANCE GROUP.  UNLIKE IN HAWAII WHERE DANCERS ARE "JUST PUTTING ON ANOTHER SHOW" SOMETIMES, THESE WARM PEOPLE TAKE THEIR TRADITIONS SERIOUSLY.

THE BOYS IN THE BAND

DANCE LEADER PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE SEA

VILLAGE HOME WITHIN EYESIGHT AND EAR SHOT OF OUR FARE.  EVERY MORNING BEFORE SUN-UP THEIR CHICKENS LOUDLY CRIED OUT "COCKA-DOODLE-DOO."  THEY SERVED AS OUR ALARM CLOCK ALTHOUGH A LITTLE MORE SLEEP WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE!