Thursday, 14 Feb 2019 – This morning the ship was
anchored off shore of Rangiroa about 8:00 AM.
We went to breakfast, where we found
that most of the passengers had already eaten and apparently taken one of the
ship’s tender’s ashore. Only three ship’s
excursions were scheduled for this port:
a glass bottom boat, a pearl farm, and snorkeling. So we opted to visit the island on our
own. Rangiroa is French Polynesia’s
largest atoll and the second largest in the world. The
string of coral encircling a luminous turquoise and jade-green lagoon is one of
the world’s greatest dive destinations.
It is one of the Tuamotu’s set of islands and atolls.
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| On the Rangiroa Pier |
Our tender left the ship a little
before 11:00 AM for our 5 minute ride to the pier. We looked briefly at the items on the tables
being sold by vendors, had another passenger snap a photo of us, and re-boarded
the same tender for the return trip to the ship! Afterwards, we went for a 30 minute swim,
then to lunch, then back to the cabin for Sally’s afternoon nap.
Although this was Valentine’s Day, there were no
chocolate desserts being served at dinner in the Terrace Café. Sally was very disappointed! We danced for 30 minutes before retiring for
the night.
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