Monday Feb 12th - Taha’a

We left Huahine yesterday afternoon and who knows where we were all night on the water but this morning we sailed into Taha’a around 8 am.  It’s a nice orderly looking island but we didn’t go ashore on it.  There were tours organized but we elected to wait out some more iffy weather with a nice breakfast and morning coffee before heading to....... the boat’s private island for a beach party!

We have our snorkel gear for the week so we took the tender over and joined in the fun.  For the most part we were lucky with the weather and, when we weren’t, we enjoyed the covered bar and bbq areas.  Then some snorkelling in a beatutiful blue lagoon complete with corals and fish who were utterly indifferent to us!  Fun!

Once back on the ship we did some relaxing by the pool and took afternoon tea. - scones, clotted cream and jam. Yes! 

The next port of call is Bora Bora for two days and we went for a talk about all the attractions. Right before it started though the Captain announced we were going to hightail it there quickly through some rough seas to avoid anything that might be coming later. So tonight we are in the lagoon already, anchored off the town of Vaitape.   

We’ll see what tomorrow brings, probably some exploring of the island.