Things to know about Tahiti:
- If you want to catch a bus, give yourself a couple of hours, and don’t expect one after 4pm.
- The car of choice is a Peugoet 106 in White, everyone has one… just like me
- Just because its 30 degrees, we’re the other side of the world and Tahiti’s never seen the snow, at Christmas time you can still buy a 6 foot inflatable snow man.
Here are a few photos of Tahiti, we have many more so expect a slide show when we get home.
Tahihi, lovely place, if you came here you won’t want to leave. So we’re not.
We’ve booked ourselves in for another couple days into a little hotel until Saturday, then we’re DEFINITELY off to Rarotonga, no excuses. So for now its more beaches, of course there are beaches there too, there are beaches everywhere we’re going, but for now we like these.
So off to the beach we go.
A and B
Well Tahiti’s coming to an end, very sad, its fantastic here, except maybe the buses, just as good as they are in Somerset…
After eventually catching a bus back to our little villa, we have been doing very little! Relaxing, (Andy has been sleeping a lot) watching the sunset over the lagoon next to our balcony! The lagoon is full of coral and amazing looking fish…we have spent quite a long time just watching them in the crystal clear water! Our host (Steve or Mano?) has been very welcoming…it seems his entire family are in on the hotelling buisness. It is so peaceful here, even though it is next to the only main road on the island you wouldn’t know it! We went to our local shop (about a mile away) yesterday in the torrential rain. It was fantastic- and warm!!! Not the English drizzle but severe downpour. Twenty minutes later everthing was dry and hot again. It has been strange getting used to the heat again- last night after the sunset it was still 28oC!
The surrounding area is like a set out of ‘Lost’- lush vegetation and palm trees….almost hear Kate shouting “Jack!!!” And just for Toni there are hundreds of ‘Warriors’ so get Steve to agree to come here and get the car of your dreams…… (just don’t sit on the back over a speed bump…. terrible things will happen….)
We’d recomend any of you to come here (hire a car).
Andy and Bex
And who’d have thought, 28 oC and Beckys wearing a fleece… (Becky says: I was cold!!)
Well hello, we’re wandering about the Capital of Tahiti, Papeete, waiting to book in to our villa on the coast, sadly, we arrived at 5 this morning but can’t book in until after 12.
Our trip here was long but enjoyable, Virgin Atlantic fed us well and provided loads of geeky entertainment, New Zealand Air just let us sleep. We got to leave the airport at LAX too so we can add American soil to our list of places visited!
Hope the UK is good, Tahiti’s Hot, Humid and Green. They’ve got the prettiest Airport in the World! We’re doing very well with our French, we’re even typing this on a French keyboard which is a bit of a struggle.
Speak to you soon when we have some photos.
Becky and Andy
Our first hotel is booked, we’re staying at the Hiti Moana Villa, very exciting!
Link: Hiti Moana Website