Friday Feb 9th - Cruise minus one!

We were tempted to have a third February 8th but decided we might as well see what Feb 9th held. 

After a strange breakfast at a restaurant next door (two fried eggs and half a baguette but quite tasty) we decided to cab it in to Papeete. En route we spied a mixture of down at the heel island shops and homes with some very modern gas stations, a MacDonalds and a quite modern shopping centre. But all with a bit of European flair which makes it a bit more charming than you might think. 

We were dropped off in town at the central market. Meat, fish, vegetables and fruit with a host of cafe’s and tons of stalls selling tourist trinkets. 

We then took a walk to the waterfront to see where our shop will leave from tomorrow. The Maasdam was there today. There seems to be a pretty well developed inter island ferry system here as well. 

Fairly typical of buildings one block in from the waterfront. 

Then back in the early afternoon for a sandwich and beer with a swim and lie out. It was raining first thing this morning, and maybe again later, but we got our day done in the dry. 

The alarm clocks were out in force at the pool!