19th August

19th August
Moorea Sunny Temp 27c
I am not sure where we went last night but with only 10 nautical miles to go between Papeete and Moorea we should have been there early but when we woke at 6am we still had not arrived. Our tour was due to leave at 8.15am but due to one of the Tender Boats not working we were 1 hour late. Our tour included a drive around the Island, a visit to a Pineapple juice factory and a show at the Tiki Village. The buses being used are normally used to transport school children and as such did not have PA systems. Our guide had a portable system which was next to useless even after yours truly tried to improve it. The visit to the Juice Factory was a very rushed affair, we had no tour and only one tasting when there should have been a few. This factory makes not only normal juice but they also make various alcoholic drinks from the juice. The one we tried was very nice and most of us bought some to drink at our Happy Hour which we are having in our cabin next Saturday. Next we visited a pearl shop which was not mentioned on the tour and wasted 30 minutes of our time which meant we did not stop at many photo opportunities because we would have been late for the Tiki Village show. We past other buses who had stopped and guess what we had to wait for them at the Village. At the Village there was an area set up with tiered seating facing the sea. When the performance started it was hard to see them because they appeared to have black faces etc due to your eyes adjusting for so much light behind them. If by now you are thinking that we did not enjoy this tour you are right. Betty and I think it is the worst tour we have been on. Ian actually missed it because he has got the dreaded bad throat and did not want to be coughing over everyone. Bev came and sat with Coral. Coral thought that the Village Show was so good that she left partway through and walked down to the beach and had a paddle. Betty says that is what she should have done. Don't get me wrong the scenery on the Island is glorious we just choose the wrong way to see it.The only one who really enjoyed it was Kenny who made some new friends and those of you that go on Facebook will see the photo of him with them. Sorry I can not work out how to put photos on this blog since my Laptop broke down.
After dinner we went to the Vista Lounge to see Sarah Jones a Ventriloquist from Australia she was very good and funny.