Barb’s Excellent Tahiti Adventure – Part 3

I received Barb’s second update from her Tahiti Adventure. Sounds like things are going well but bad news about the camera.

Baden

We’ve now moved on to Moorea and are staying at the Intercontinental Moorea hotel.

We have a nice room right over the water and are snorkeling every day and we went on a whale and dolphin watching tour this morning for about 4 hours. 2 days ago we rented a car and drove all around the island and Mom and I have both found a pair of pearl earrings for ourselves. The island of Moorea is very lush and has the Bali Hai mountains (from the movie South Pacific) and the lagoon waters are nice with lots of coral so this attracts many fish. In Bora Bora, the lagoon waters were crystal clear with many shades of turquoise, green and blue but not much coral so not as many fish swim by.

We did a sting ray and shark viewing tour while in Bora Bora which was nice but Mom will not snorkel. She doesn’t like how the mask grabs her hair so tight and she’s afraid of putting her head in the water and breathing through the snorkel tube. But I’m enjoying the snorkeling but only doing it for less than a half hour each day.

I will try for Internet access one more time before returning home however Internet access costs $5 for 15 minutes here.

Oh by the way, my digital camera died yesterday. The on button doesn’t let the lens open and I’ve tried various batteries and no go. Had to buy 2 disposable cameras today so I could take pics of the dolphins & whales.

Got to go.

Barb