Mo’orea is a heart-shaped island with two deep bays: Cooks Bay and Opunohu Bay—Captain Cook came into Oppunohu Bay, and so did we. Where we anchored for an overnight stay. With two full days to explore this lovely island, we went out and about both days. Liz and I loved the warmth of the people. Mo’orea is part of French Polynesia, and French and Polynesian were the main languages, but many people also spoke English.
Its jagged mountains were topped with clouds at dawn, but the clouds burned off quickly— making it very warm.
On the first day we used a tour from Alpert’s—a huge family business was. The next day, we followed the Ship’s Polynesian Ambassador, Kainoa from Hawaii, who referred us to his cousin’s pearl shop (Hina Pearls), taking the free black shuttle bus there to peruse quality documented pearls. It looks like both companies are connected, and family connections seem large on this island.
The show that was performed on our excursion was quite lovely and a short video of the fire dance (which I tried to put here but ship WiFi being problematic it ended up at the top, so be it) captures some of it.
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