December 29, 2014 --- Day 1

I can always say that we find something we would do differently on every trip, and this was no exception.  If we had it to do over, we would fly to Tahiti, or Moorea, at least one day in advance of boarding our ship …. After an 8-hour flight from LAX, on a nice Air Tahiti Nui Airbus, we arrived in Papeete, Tahiti at 10:30 PM into a hot SAUNA, which is 2 hours earlier than our California time.  After going through customs, we boarded the Pacific Princess at midnight …. And then had to attend a mandatory Muster Drill !  Got to bed about 2 AM, and were quite tired.

The ship landed in Moorea around 8 AM and it is quite beautiful.  The mountains and bays are quite breathtaking.  Cathy, your hair would be constantly frizzy from the humidity ! The island is surrounded by a coral reef, which 12 natural inlets.  I regret that we are still too tired to tour the reef.

Opunohu Bay

We took a short walk into the community and saw some luscious vegetation.  The date on our camera is off by 2 days, so I will have to fix that.

Coconut Tree

Local Musicians and tourist boy

We did not spend a lot of time ashore today and we will be at sea for the next 2 days.  That will give us time to acclimate to the weather and get rested up !