Moorea by Car
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Tue 27 Aug 2013 22:07
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Exploring Moorea by
Car
 Dave, Jenny (Alexes) and the
Beez pair hired a car for the day to complete the massive circuit of
thirty three point three miles. Dave was at the wheel as we headed for the hills.
 Moorea is known for growing pineapples for the nearby islands.
 We stopped at Rotui Fruit Juice
Factory at Pihaena, sadly not at the right time to take a tour, but the shop was rather lovely. I bought Bear a nice pineapple
liquor and he bought me a coffee cream. The lady at the till had been born here,
visited Tahiti, the Gambiers and the Australs but couldn’t wait to get back to
her island. “Friendly, small and reasonably unspoilt” we didn’t disagree with
her.
  The happy
group at one of our many photo stops and our tiny
car.
 
 We stopped at Opunohu Bay, where the
small cruise ships anchor. A lovely little
church.
  Bear took these pictures of a
girl who clearly had a bad time on a reef.
  Then he was tickled and
took a picture of this local tour vehicle when we
stopped to look around Marae Titiroa, (own blog) well I
liked the advert for air conditioned climate. Yes dear.
 Belvedere View Point at
seven hundred and ninety feet, gave us a view of Opunoho Bay on the left and
Cook’s Bay (Beez parked at the very bottom of the bay) to the right – separated
by Mount Rotui, the sacred mountain of ancient
Polynesia.
 OK just one pose as tourists.
   
 
  We stopped at the Sofitel to ‘see how the other half live’. Very nice. A luxury
over-the-water, one
king bed costs five hundred and ninety five pounds for full bed and breakfast
per night – in September, television extra. To fly here costs two thousand,
three hundred and eighty four pounds from London. Not a direct route, changes
include Paris, Los Angeles, Papeete with a fifteen hour wait for the local
plane, all of fifteen minutes in the air to Moorea. We saw about two dozen
guests. One look at the luncheon prices and we were off down the road, we found
a lovely ‘food shack’ with seating at the rear complete with splendid views for
a fraction of the cost.
 
  The views from Temae were breathtaking.
Tahiti across the crystal clear water..
 Our final stop was at a lovely beach,
our chauffeur had a little power nap.
 
  Bear took a
dip whilst we watched.
ALL IN ALL A VERY BEAUTIFUL
ISLAND
ABSOLUTELY STUNNING, EVEN I CAN SEE THE
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