Total Miles - 4nm
Our last morning and we had to get the boat back by 9am. Dale dropped the mooring at 5.30am much to my disgust so we had to stop at Ile Taoru so I could make breakfast, clean the boat up, pack our clothes away and have a swim and shower on the transom.
Got back to the marina and went straight to the fuel dock which is right at the end of the entrance channel. We went through 128lt diesel & probably 10lt dinghy fuel – it cost 18,400 XPF to refuel. Jerome gave us a debrief and we went for a walk into town to grab drinks and a salad roll (could’ve made one on the boat but didn’t want to make a mess). In hindsight I should’ve done this anyway as I threw my salad roll away as it had not been refridgerated…
Got a taxi for the 5 minute drive to the airport and this time thankfully there were no delays and we landed into Papeete after a 45 min flight. Caught a taxi to the Manava Suite resort (1700 XPF) & our first impressions as we walked through the door of reception was wow, this is great! Check in was really quick and our room was a lovely suite overlooking the water and the walkways to the little motu. We had a nice spacious balcony and you could see and hear the waves breaking on the reef and the view of Moorea was just across the water. This place was great! In need of a swim, so we headed down to the infinity pool and had lunch at the pool bar of cheese burger and fries and then beers on the pool side of the bar (6260 XPF). We stayed here for hours and just wallowed around in the pool and chatted to a few people. Ended up very water logged and it was time to head back for a shower, relax & nap before dinner. We woke up just before the sun was about to disappear and watched this from our balcony with the sounds of the waves crashing to accompany the spectacle. We decided to visit the hotel restaurant for dinner. On the way we stopped at the lobby shop and I thought being my last chance to get some pearls bought a few more as presents – might’ve been a bit more expensive than other places but hey! So 20,000XPF later we walked out to go to dinner. |
| View from our balcony |
In the restaurant, Dale ordered the duck and I had the last meal of yummy fish and ordered the Mahi Mahi. We found the duck to be a bit too sweet but the fish was excellent. Dinner cost 6320 XPF and after we walked down to the little motu and listened to the waves for a while reflecting on the past 10 days. Back to our nice big comfy bed.
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| Infinity Pool |
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| Overlooking the pool bar |
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| Infinity Pool |
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| Bathroom of our Manava Suite |
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| Our hallway |
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| Kitchen of our Manava suite |
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