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Off to Moorea We departed Bora Bora with an incredible sunset, which backlit the mountains as we slowly cruised to our next destination, Moorea.
Helicopter Flightseeing Taking the tender ashore, a group of us were taking to the Moorea airport by van where we went in groups of four to tour the island by helicopter. The Aerospaciale helicopter was quite smooth and circumnavigated the entire island, lending for some incredible aerial https://cruisingreview.com/cruise-reviews/photos of the reef, mountains and valley vistas. We hovered briefly at 1,800 feet to view a waterfall. While the tops of the mountains were in clouds we flew around them and still were able to get incredible views of both the island, and the ship in Cook's Bay. The Helicopter Tour was $165 and lasted about 20 minutes. It was worth the price of admission, however I wish they would have just left the doors off, so I could get clearer https://cruisingreview.com/cruise-reviews/photos.
Moorea Internet I tried to get Internet access at Maria Tapas, since they had one French PC, one English PC and a inoperable Apple. I got stuck on the French PC (who designed that keyboard anyhow !) and it was a disaster... the computer wasn't working properly and I just gave up. This is after waiting 30 minutes just to try and get access to it.
Sunset and Tropical Moon Since Cook's Bay is surrounded on almost all sides by tall mountain peaks, the sunset never really materialized. In addition, the cloud encrusted peaks only allowed intermittent rays of light through. I'd imagine in some of the other bays, the sunset would have been spectacular.
The Moon came out in full brilliance shimmering off the waters in a tropical haze.
Morning, Day Two At sunrise, it appeared to be overcast, but within a few hours all but a few clouds remained around the peaks. The sun here is intense, the most intense I've ever seen (and felt). The teak deck on top gets so hot that they regularly poor water over it so that passengers don't burn their feet.
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