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| Touring the Lagoon |
Today is the day we have to check out, but we were able to get a late check-out – a very late check-out in fact; 4pm. So basically, we just got a free day in Moorea. And we were determined to enjoy every minute of this day – and we did. Basically – we just took it easy. When you have an over the water bungalow, there really is no need to go anywhere else… and we didn’t. Joanie did stray away for a morning walk, but other than that, we were bound to our bungalow and our lagoon. We did rent an outboard motorboat for one hour, just to explore our lagoon a bit more – to see up close where the water turns from turquoise to royal blue. It was awesome – just cruising on this gorgeous water – looking back at the island – makes one speechless.
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| The Color of the Water - Amazing |
When we returned to our bungalow, we didn’t have much time, but did manage one more snorkel outing, which again was beautiful. The variety of fish and coral right at our doorstep – literally – was about as good as I’ve ever seen.
We then showered up, packed up and took a taxi to the ferry, caught the ferry to Papeete, and then took a taxi to the Sofitel Hotel near the airport – to help pass the almost 6 hours between the last ferry to Papeete and the time we needed to check in for our flight. The hotel was very accommodating – they held our bags, had a great pool and beach and happy hour and restaurant for us to use. They even had a “transit room” for us to use – for free. And we took advantage of that as well – taking showers to freshen up for our 8 hour, red-eye flight to L.A.
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| Joanie "presenting" our Bungalow |
Joanie and I were both really sad leaving Moorea. Every other place we visited on this trip has been fantastic, but Moorea is the one place that we both didn’t want to leave – even after spending 4 ½ days there. It has truly been a magical experience – one neither of us will ever forget. And an experience we hope to have again, perhaps on our 20th anniversary… hopefully! Thank you Moorea!
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| Farewell for now Paradise |
