Moovin' to Moorea

December 29, 2019

Tahiti to Moorea 

Up at 6:30 for breakfast and a quick pack.  Stopped by a black sand beach, pretty and unique.

We are just over an hour to the ferry, Amereti.


 Got our tickets for the 10:00 am ferry and wandered over to the public market.  Totally bummed that it closes at 9:00.  Can't even imagine a market closing at home that early.  Back we went to the ferry.

Andy ran the car back to the airport and took a taxi back to us.  Ferry left on time, nice and clean and wicked fast.  We were going 40 mph in some good chop.  The sun is out and the water is every hue of blue.

Andy was at the front of the line so he could be first in line at Avis.  There is an office right there where we docked.  Kids and I were in charge of luggage.  Up pulled Andy and off we went.

After a few U-turns we found our place down a dirt road.  The hostess was a kind, French women. We were welcomed again with a fruit platter from her garden and fresh jam she makes out of flowers. 

She showed us our cool little house in the back of her property.  It is an open design Balinese style house, super charming with a funky rock bathroom. Saylor's favorite spot is the hammock.

A quick change and hit the road to go to the prettiest beach on the island - Tema'e Beach.  Beautiful white sand, crystal clear water and of course the quint essential palm trees along the water's edge.  A quick shout out and thank you to the creator of rash guards.  This PNW family is very  appreciative!

Out of the water and decided to circumnavigate the island.  It is only a two lane road, but the roads are nice and no one is in a hurry, definitely island time here.  Took us about 1:15 to drive it. The island is full of green foliage, vivid flowers and peaks that go straight up.

Everything is closed because it is Sunday.  The churches here are beautiful.  Passed by a service that was being held outside.  Had to stop and listen to the music, fantastic drums.  Lots of beautiful colored clothing and head pieces out of flowers.

A swim back at the house to cool down and a few minutes of downtime.

What for dinner, hmmmm? Our friends that visited us the morning we left, the Kortenkamp family, (quick backstory: they sailed from CA to Australia on their sailboat with two kids) and said the best pizza they had in those couple of years was Allo Pizza so of course we had to check it out.  A tiny little place along the roadside (of course, that seems to be the theme of everywhere we have eaten at this point) with no indoor seating, just a couple of barstools at the counter to sit at and a woodfire pizza oven.  I think the pizza prices here might even beat the price in NYC!