Other Bimbles
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Sun 11 Aug 2013 22:57
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More Bimbles in Papeete
Just along the road from us is a rather lovely park.
A traditional
memorial and a water feature.
In the well kept
gardens there are picnic ‘huts’ where many
folk sit and eat their lunch, jog along the boardwalk
or sit and soak up the sun.
Bear pointed and said Nutters car park,................just
then.........
............... some said ‘nutters’ raced by. The reason for their title is
the way they take on the big girls, ferries and yachts without a blink or any
outward sign of worry or concern.
We watched a race
of a very different kind, won by a fast ferry.
We continued our
bimble.....
.............. and took in the town views and the view of
Moorea.
Another day we walked to the many chandleries (see Bear grin),
stopped to watch a game of boules, waved at a
man ‘up the pole’ and was surprised to see graffiti
being professionally removed.
We smiled lamely at the
two men dealing with a box of complicated electrical
noodles, Bear wiggled a teaser and I wowed at
the size of this chaps hooks in one of several ACE
Hardware stores. He spoke fluent English and explained that the world’s biggest
reel was made here in Papeete, not for us, we prefer fish that fit happily on
the cockpit floor and once filleted fit nicely in the
freezer.
We went with Dave (Alexes)
the other night for Chinese in the al fresco park, he naughtily calls the
wagons, “the roach coaches”, but the food was delicious. Dave had special chow
mien, Bear lemon chicken and I had satay. The spring rolls are so fresh and very
crispy, amazing what you can achieve in an outdoor wok. We laughed as we watched
as one of the waiters fanned the BBQ to get it to
flame, on top was pork loin, kebabs and steaks. May have
to try that before we leave.
On our walk home we stopped to admire
some local art.
Had to go back in daylight to have a
closer look. Apparently tikis (before the
Christians arrived) always had a body shape but no facial features, but, after
they saw their first crucifix, they began to carve faces.
A local enjoying an afternoon dust bath, A very religious
balcony. Local carving in the
park.
No matter where you are
in town, you cannot help but admire the
backdrop.
We watched as this chum did a ‘three point turn’ one evening.
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ALL IN ALL A LOVELY
TOWN
AMAZINGLY WESTERNISED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
PACIFIC |