The title of this blog is hello, good morning in in Tahitian! I could say bonjour as we are also practising our French here in French Polynesia. Phileas here and a very hot person she is, this place is very warm even at night and she is finding it quite hard. However, air conditioning and a breeze has helped. Different layout today, hope it all makes sense. First photo is the village opposite our hotel on Bora Bora. Classic south Pacific island, white sand, palm fringed beaches and beautiful islanders who really do wear flowers in their hair and have the most wonderful smiles.
We were able to snorkel over the local coral reef where we spotted a range of tropical fish. Fogg much better than me at this. I was delighted to spot Frigate birds and a range of terns as well as the local dove that wandered around the dining room clearing up the crumbs. Bora Bora was a real treat; I won't go into too much detail about how special it was just to say it was very special. We had three nights there and we are now back in Tahiti staying just outside the capital Papeete. Here the sand is volcanic black and we are facing out into the Pacific not onto a reef fringed lagoon. The weather is less breezy and so far no repeat of the torrential downpours experienced on Bora Bora. People are just as wonderful and I am enjoying the pool and the latest Alexander McCall Smith. Over to Fogg now for his take. From me Phileas Parahi, nana
The people here are beautiful. They radiate calm and tranquility. No wonder Gaugin came here to paint. I have been reminded of a novel about Gaugin and his life here called 'The Gold of their bodies' which I read years ago. I am not going to fall into the trap of trying to paint Gaugin lookalikes! The photo above is of our twin engined propellor plane and the man in front is our pilot casually walking towards it minutes before take off! A small 30 seater which bumped and wobbled its way to and from Bora Bora. A wonderful 45 minutes trip. I loved the fact that we walked through a garden to reach the plane.
On our back to Tahiti we flew over some more islands. This is Huahine. All of them had similar shapes and the lagoon edging them with the most stunning blues and the waves breaking on the coral reef. As you can see we were only a couple of thousand feet above sea level so the view was awesome. We are now back in Tahiti for a couple of days before heading off to Los Angeles when we are back on the road again. This is when we pick up the camper van and more challenges await us. I used to ridicule Phileas when she said we would need a break between Oz and North America but she was right!! We are having a wonderful rest and the image below reflects that.
This is Fogg wishing you all well.
The title of this blog is hello, good morning in in Tahitian! I could say bonjour as we are also practising our French here in French Polynesia. Phileas here and a very hot person she is, this place is very warm even at night and she is finding it quite hard. However, air conditioning and a breeze has helped. Different layout today, hope it all makes sense. First photo is the village opposite our hotel on Bora Bora. Classic south Pacific island, white sand, palm fringed beaches and beautiful islanders who really do wear flowers in their hair and have the most wonderful smiles.
We were able to snorkel over the local coral reef where we spotted a range of tropical fish. Fogg much better than me at this. I was delighted to spot Frigate birds and a range of terns as well as the local dove that wandered around the dining room clearing up the crumbs. Bora Bora was a real treat; I won't go into too much detail about how special it was just to say it was very special. We had three nights there and we are now back in Tahiti staying just outside the capital Papeete. Here the sand is volcanic black and we are facing out into the Pacific not onto a reef fringed lagoon. The weather is less breezy and so far no repeat of the torrential downpours experienced on Bora Bora. People are just as wonderful and I am enjoying the pool and the latest Alexander McCall Smith. Over to Fogg now for his take. From me Phileas Parahi, nana
The people here are beautiful. They radiate calm and tranquility. No wonder Gaugin came here to paint. I have been reminded of a novel about Gaugin and his life here called 'The Gold of their bodies' which I read years ago. I am not going to fall into the trap of trying to paint Gaugin lookalikes! The photo above is of our twin engined propellor plane and the man in front is our pilot casually walking towards it minutes before take off! A small 30 seater which bumped and wobbled its way to and from Bora Bora. A wonderful 45 minutes trip. I loved the fact that we walked through a garden to reach the plane.
On our back to Tahiti we flew over some more islands. This is Huahine. All of them had similar shapes and the lagoon edging them with the most stunning blues and the waves breaking on the coral reef. As you can see we were only a couple of thousand feet above sea level so the view was awesome. We are now back in Tahiti for a couple of days before heading off to Los Angeles when we are back on the road again. This is when we pick up the camper van and more challenges await us. I used to ridicule Phileas when she said we would need a break between Oz and North America but she was right!! We are having a wonderful rest and the image below reflects that.
This is Fogg wishing you all well. 
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