Well after three days at sea and and sailing through dark low clouds on the water Saturday night, we awoke yesterday morning to the beautiful sight of LAND and Moorea, French Polynesia!
We took an early morning tender to shore and embarked on a private catamaran cruise (water again!) to the picturesque Cook’s and Opunoho Bays. We sailed through beautiful blue lagoons and dropped anchor in one to snorkel in coral gardens. The weather was perfect and the scenery stunning, as you can see from the pictures.
Moorea is known as the “Magical Island” of French Polynesia and almost doesn’t seem real. It is often likened to James Michener’s mythological island of Bali Hai with its picture-perfect lagoons and gleaming white beaches surrounded by jagged mountains and volcanic spires. The island is unusually fertile and very green due to its tropical climate and rich, volcanic soil. The whole package is breathtaking. 
After returning to shore from our catamaran trip, we had lunch in a local restaurant on the water and walked for hours along the coastline. Late afternoon we returned to the boat for a snooze in the shade (it was a very hot day) and in the evening had a lovely dinner in the ship’s exclusive wine-tasting restaurant, Le Champagne. This morning we have just set sail en route for Papeete, Tahiti, just 9 miles away across the Sea of the Moon. We are watching a lovely sunrise over the bay.
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