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Day 32: Papeete, Tahiti … French Polynesia

Monday, 6 February 2017
At Sea — South Pacific Ocean … En Route to Bora Bora

Stats @ Ship’s Time 10:00p (TAHT) … UTC 8:00a (7 February)
Temp: 82.4F (28C)
Position: 17.16.71S / 149.56.06W

All travel has its advantages.  If the passenger visits better countries,
he may learn to improve his own.  And if fortune carries
him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.
~ Samuel Johnson ~

Tahiti — an island that has essentially given its name to all of French Polynesia — greeted us with tears today.  It started raining as the ship was on approach … and it continued to rain on and off throughout our call in Papeete.  Lucky for us, we had no specific plans so the impact on our day was minimal.

Papeete

Mui, wearing his ‘invisible straw skirt’, poses with a few of the dancers.