We got off the catamaran in Moorea around a half hour after departing the port in Papeete. This island is much more rustic, sort of like a Kauai to Hawaii's Oahu. We had arranged for transportation, and after a little bit of searching we found her. We loaded up the van, and were taken to the Moorea airport, where we waited to pick up another couple who flew in (fancy, fancy). After we dropped the other couple off, we arrived at and checked in to the hotel. They ...

Tahiti here we are! I had wanted to go somewhere like Tahiti, Fiji, the Samoas, or something on that order, and Bev begrudgingly obliged. She understands my insatiable thirst for conquering new countries. :) We arrived at the airport in the early evening and grabbed a cab to the hotel. The hotel was free (good) but felt just a hair off (bad). We were pretty out of whack from the flight, so we grabbed dinner at the hotel restaurant and called it a night. The nex...