French Poilynesia
Exocet Strike
John & Stella Dyer
Sat 16 May 2015 14:19
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It was a sad day when we left the Islands of French
Polynesia. The local people are so welcoming and friendly, also the mainly
French Europeans are very friendly, its that laid back sort of place. The
islands themselves are very beautiful and picturesque, from the MArquesan Group
which are the newest, being ex volcanoes that have yet to have coral or to have
sunk, they are often cloud covered and dark and moody, whereas the Tuamotos are
the oldest, having been volcanoes, surrounded by coral reefs anf the centre
volcano has now sunk. The reefs can be very tricky, we found the easiest one,
Fakarava, which was quite stunning, pictures do not tell the story. Finally onto
Tahiti, Moorea, Raiiatea, Tahaa and finally Bora Bora. This group are in the
transition from ex volcanoes to atolls, still mountainous with coarl reefs,
Moorea was the scen fo the book and film South Pacfic, Tahiti is known to many
people as is Bora Bora and the colours in the lagoons are simply
incredible.
We are now en route, via a bit of a dog leg to Niue
and then onto Tonga, which are supposed to be one of the most friendly places we
stay, if so that will be amazing since so many places we have been have
been so friendly.
Looks like a few hours of bad weather tomorrow,
strong winds and rain, at least it will be warm, although when the rain is
beating down it doesnt always feel quite so warm.
John
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