Day Twenty nine February 3 During our stay in Hawaii, the cruise ship line made the difficult decision to alter the current itinerary significantly by cancelling the Africa and Asia ports due to covid exposure and countries not being totally open to tourists and cruise ships. The safety of the passengers and crew is always of upmost importance. The new itinerary will travel down the west coast of Mexico, through the Panama Canal and visit the Caribbean for five...

Day Twenty seven February 1 Our ship was anchored and we tendered into Vaitape Bay tender pier. Because we had a sunset cruise booked later in the day, we still wanted to get off the ship for a lunch and swim in the crystal clean blue waters. On the tender pier we meet a couple from Green Valley Arizona and with them made reservations for lunch at the Bora Bora Beach Resort and Restaurant. A quaint place with the rustic style restaurant with good food. Our s...

Day Twenty Eight February 2 This is sadly our final day in French Polynesia. From most points on the island you can see Mount Otemanu that is 2,385 feet in elevation. Today was lunch at Bloody Mary's with the friends we met on the cruise who left the ship in Papeete. They say Bloody Mary's claim to fame is where the Bloody Mary drinks were initially created. Janice says they are good although she prefers Bloody Caesar's, the canadian version. Another high light...

Day Twenty six January 31 Today, Insignia docked at Uturoa Pier in Raiatea. Raiatea is the second largest island of the Society Islands after Tahiti. From this location we were met by our guides, Vivian (a male name in French Polynesia) and Lionel to take us to the Faaroa River for a kayak adventure through the floral and fauna of the rainforest surrounding Raiatea. During the ride to the river, Vivian commented that Raiatea was in the centre of the triangle w...

Day Twenty Five January 30 We left Papeete in the early hours of January 30 to sail to the island of Moorea. I thought that everyone would have woken up when the engines were started but the ship left port quietly. This is our favourite island and we have stayed there three other times at the conclusions of cruises. It is only 19 kilometers or 12 miles from Tahiti. Moorea is the second most popular tourist attraction after Tahiti. Again we found a non ship ...