"When you graduate from high school, we'll take you anywhere you want to go". That's what we told our grandkids, and the first one to qualify said "Tahiti".
So that's where we went in July 2005, with Tim and his mom Betsy on a two week cruise of French Polynesia. We were in the South Pacific, about halfway between South America and Australia.
We sailed on the 'Paul Gauguin' , a small ship that we agree is the best we've ever been on. We'd traveled around the Tahitian islands on this 320
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It's just under 8 hours flying time from Los Angeles airport to...
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Airport greetings: Welcome to Tahiti !
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Our first look at our home for the next two weeks.
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"Welcome to the M.S. Paul Gauguin ! " As our bus stopped in...
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Welcome aboard
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First sighting of land the next morning: Raiatea
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Early morning pilates class. As you see, that's Pat and Betsy over on the...
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The enchanting island of Bora Bora, 20 miles away. We'll be there...
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That's a motu off the island of Taha'a where we'll have a...
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Leaving our ship for the first of many trips to a Polynesian island.
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What a beautiful spot for a picnic!
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The five of us (including my brand new underwater camera) arriving on the motu.
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Our private island for the day.
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Getting ready to snorkel in that beautiful water between the two motus....
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Lots of little fish. Those black and white ones are called humbugs.
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A Picasso , or trigger fish. In Hawaii we'd call this a humu humo nucko...
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This Picasso fish isn't that large or that over-aggressive. I just had my...
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The open bar was a marvelous touch after some snorkeling.
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Our 'home' looks great out there, doesn't it?
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Life boat drill. Usually we have to come on deck wearing our bright...
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Passengers headed to their various Bora Bora excursions.
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We chose a boat to take us out to see the sting rays.
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Looking for the sting rays
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Throwing a small fish in the air has a way of attracting sea birds. It also...
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Here they come. The black one is a frigate bird.
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