Not having anyrhing pre-booked because of weather we decided to rent a car and drive around Moorea in search of adventure. As we were waiting for the tender ashore we met Brigitte, a very fit looking Kiwi/Samoan flight attendant who it turns out used to play rugby for the New Zealand women’s team. We invited her to join us so the three of us set out to circumnavigate by road.
The car rental was at the Intercontinental Hotel where thet have a dolphin research station and sea turtle rescue clinic. Of course we took a look.
Then we were off and I got used to driving back on the right side of the road. Moorea is just a much nicer island than the others in terms of roads, standard of upkeep of homes, shops and restaurants. It doesn’t really have the outlying motu’s so the resorts are actually on the island. We drove round to a public beach towards the Tahiti side and stopped for a swim and snorkel. The road to this beach is not so much a road but a bumpy truck. Anyone who has driven to little out of the way Mexican villages will know what this was like. We even got lost trying to take a short cut back to the main road. Bad idea - we drove it twice!
Then on to Maharepa for lunch at the Moorea Beach Club. Delicious food but the portions were gigantic!
From there it was back in time to return the car at 4pm and tender back to the ship.
You know what comes next, dinner, show - a very cool polynesian show put on by a local Moorean group. Very entertaining.
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