28th September
2014
Hi, today is our first
chance to step on land after our five days at sea, and it was an early morning
as we had to meet in the Aurora Theatre for our Moorea Island Tour.
We were on bus number 25,
but it first meant a tender from the ship. And we were greeted by locals
dressed in their traditional attire, before making our way to the bus. I think
mum and I were some of the last on our bus, so didn’t have many seats to choose
from. As it turned out crap seats, barely got to see the coastline and very few
chances to stop for photos, so had to make the most of the 5 minutes allowed at
each stop.
I’m sorry if I offend
anyone, but by the time everyone got off the bus (mostly older people), it
really only left five minutes to take any photos, and from what I have learnt
on this holiday, to take any nice & usable photos you need more than 5
minutes. I could say it comes as part of the Cruise ship shore excursion
package. Meh. I believe I was spoilt when we went to China.
I guess Moorea is a pretty
place if you have a chance to explore or are allowed to spend more than 5
minutes at each stop, of which there was only 4 stops on our tour. So in
hindsight, I should’ve chosen a better tour or looked at doing something independently.
After the tour mum and I
made our way back to the ship, hopping on the next tender available and after
dropping the bag back in the cabin, headed up to the Windjammer for lunch,
sharing a table with our friends who also did the same tour but on a different
bus. They seemed to enjoy it more than us, but as I said before, I think I have
been spoiled for tour enjoyment by the fact I have had tours where we had time
to explore and were never rushed and a lot less people on the tour.
It was a pretty restful
afternoon, as there was not much organised on the ship, as there were still
tours happening and perhaps the majority of passengers were ashore.
It wasn’t long before 5.30
arrived and we made our way to dinner at Cascades, and then onto the Headliner
Showtime, Martin Lass a Violinist who was excellent, gave me goose bumps in one
of the pieces he played. There was a standing ovation.
Mum and I checked out a few
of the other venues, but discovered that the ship was pretty quiet. I guess the
older generations and those with young families had retired for the night. The
demographic of the passengers on board seem to be across the whole spectrum,
families with young children and their grandparents and all the others in between,
of which mum & I would fall into.
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