Tahitian Princess (part 2) Nov 2004

Part 2 of our cruise on Princess Cruise Lines - The Tahitian Princess. This set of pictures will feature Raiatea and Taha'a, Bora Bora, Moorea and back to Tahiti. Unfortunatley, we experienced more rain than sun on the latter part of our cruise. The scenery was still spectacular and the rain did not hinder us from seeing as much of the islands as we could.

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Map of Raiatea and Taha'a

Early Morning in Raiatea
One of the Motu's off of Raiatea. Photo taken at around 6AM

Raiatea Welcome
A cheerful and warm welcome to the island of Raiatea.

Floral Crown
One of the native women working on a beautiful and fragrant floral crown.

Polynesian Boat
We found that decorating their boats with palms and flowers was a...

Raiatea Dock
Tahitian Princess docked in the town of Uturoa. You will also notice...

Yacht Harbor
with Catholic Church in the background.

Catholic Church
On Raiatea

Catholic Church
A closer look

Serenade
Taking a break from his work, he sat down and started playing for us as we...

Flora of Raiatea
The white flowers are the very fragrant Tiare. I don't know what...

Beautiful
So many different types of flowers and plants can be found on these tropical...

Purple Charm

Water Lillies
In the Gare Maritime waterfront building on Raiatea.

Polynesian Fancy
Strings of flowers adorn the building of the Gare Maritime building.

Beautiful Taha'a
As seen from the island of Raiatea.

Glowing
Even with the impending rain, the reefs seem to glow.

Sailing
We will join this sailboat on it's next venture out for the afternoon.

Town of Uturoa
Main town and port of Raiatea. The red roof to the right is the Gare Maritime...

Handicraft Market

Floral Merchants
These women were right at the dock making and selling the lei's...

Reefs between Raiatea and Taha'a
Still plagued by dark skies and impending rain.

Our Sailing adventure
We took a sailing excursion from Raiatea to the waters of Taha'a. The...

Sailboat view

Tropical Taha'a
as seen from our small sailboat.

Pineapple and Vanilla Fields
Taha'a is known as the Vanilla Island.

The lush hillsides of Taha'a

Returning to Raiatea
Back to the waters around Raiatea

Lesson in Canoeing
Students actually go to school to learn how to use the outrigger canoes.

Raiatea Floral
Beautiful flowers strung by the women of Raiatea.

article published 12/14/2004

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Wow, thank you so much for sharing your photos. We just booked the July 19, 2007 cruise from Tahiti to Hawaii. Looking at your pic's just made us more excited than ever. We can't wait to go. Thanks again.
— Cindy & Bruce, May 19, 2006

I really can say, I love to look over these photos, many times, they are sooo marvelous! Correction to statement below, there are more than 3,000 palm trees in the world!
— Eleanor Robb, November 12, 2005

stunning
stunning location, your photographs are brilliant, love the sunsets, thanks for sharing
— peter humphrey, February 11, 2005

How terrific, thanks so very much! Those sunsets are almost as good as the ones in AZ!! Did you know, there are more than 2,200 kinds of palm trees in the world?!!
— Eleanor Robb, January 9, 2005

Fabulous photos
Fabulous photos of a fabulous place. Thank you, Lisa !
— Bob Fairbanks, December 14, 2004