A Tahitian Cruise

Doug and I went on a fabulous Tahitian Cruise the end of October 2009. Doug found a great deal. It was just the two of us on a cruise ship for a week. We loved it! It was relaxing and very beautiful. So here is Doug showing the map of Bora Bora


We went on a little jeep safari and found these World War II guns. Good thing they didn't have to use them, because they sent the wrong size ammo. Dad's just resting.

Some of the beautiful scenery

One of the spectacular sunsets we saw.


A banana tree, not a nannatree

Dad and I on another tour. We rode on this lovely bus to a vanilla farm.

These are vanilla beans out drying in the sun.

The same day as the family owned vanilla farm, we also visited a family owned black pearl farm. These ladies greeted us with song. They showed us how they black pearls are made, then fed us a fun snack of little very sweet banana's, pineapple and mango's. Very delicious. Notice the size of the black pearls around their necks.

These white round things have been brought to Tahiti from the Mississippi River. They are carefully implanted into the oysters, and then the oysters are sewn together with some fishing line so they are about 10 deep with several inches separating them. They are hung in the ocean but must be pulled up and cleaned every
3 or 4 months for two years.

Dad and I (aren't we the cutest things.)

A very funny sign we saw right next to the beach on a concrete pier.

An interesting little family car, yes, a mother father and 2 kids rode in this.

Dad on the beach near where we snorkeled

Here we are with some locals who came to perform for us on the Ship.