January 22, 2023
After a short cruise overnight, we arrived this morning on the Island of Moorea. The population of Moorea is approximate 17,000. Moorea is about as close to paradise as you can get. An abundance of beautiful sand beaches and lush green mountains. For today we had booked a scenic boat ride to swim with stingrays and black tip sharks. we went out on our boat ride and anchored somewhere in the middle of the lagoon in about 4-5ft very clear water. Soon as we got out the boat into the water, the stingrays showed up, they loved to be touched on their backs and they loved rubbing their wings against your upper legs. While this was going on there were several 3-4 ft long black tip sharks swimming around us, they were curious what was going on. After spending half hour in the water, we got back onto the boat and continued on to a small island with sandy beaches for a barbecued lunch. We were given a few hours here for our lunch and some more snorkeling to observe the marine life. Luckily there was a shelter tent set up on the island, just before we were about to leave we got hit with one of those intense 15 min tropical rain showers. After the shower ended, we boarded the boat for our ride back to town. There was a sail away party planned on the back of the ship for 5 PM. These sail away parties usually only last for an hour. We finished the day with dinner under the stars on the back deck. This Island offers much the same as Bora Bora for considerable less money, including the over the water hotel accomodation. So after a great day, we’re off to the next island for tomorrow.
” Like all great travelers, I have seen more than I remember,and remember more than I have seen.” By – Benjamin Disraeli
Cheers
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