22/7/09 - 17.29.41S 149.51.12W

Flying Cloud
Julian Nichols
Wed 22 Jul 2009 18:19
Back to sea today - for the 3 mile sail to the very beautiful and spectacular Oponohu bay.
Daisy was very keen to hoist the Jolly Roger, just to let the locals know our intentions!

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After a morning of swimming and playing with the inflatable caterpillar, we got in the rib and went off to find some wrays to swim with... yes really!
There is a particular spot on the Northwest of Moorea near the motus where the wrays congregate, and it didn't take us long to find them.
Despite Jo's initial skepticism, the whole family was soon in the water interacting with nature (girls first!).

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They are beautiful and friendly animals, and provided us with much delight.

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After that we raced back to the boat to go out for dinner.
One prop-guard later and a few rock bumps (it is very shallow), we were at the dock and off for a great meal.
All ready for our big trip to Rangiroa tomorrow.