Sep 30, 08:45 PM by Steve | Day 6: Raiatea
Posted in Honeymoon & Vacation
We started the day out with room service breakfast in bed, Except Steve had already been up and wandering around the ship for a while before it came. The ship docked at Raiatea (no tenders today) around 8, and after breakfast we got off and explored the town for a little while. We didn’t have anything planned for most of the day, just a sunset cruise in the late afternoon, we we wanted to go snorkeling on our own. There is an independent boat that takes people to a private motu, that leaves every our but we would not have had time to make the next one at 10:00, so we figured on shopping for a while and getting on at 11:00. We ended up being too late for that as well, so we bought tickets for noon, but it became apparent that we would not be able to make that either since we needed to eat.
At last we got on at 13:00 and went on our way. Along the way, we saw a whale and hopefully got a few pictures. After the whale we arrived on the motu and snorkeled for some time until we got tired, then relaxed, then snorkeled some more (hey, its a tough life), then got back on the boat and headed back to the ship. We didn’t have much time before the sunset cruise, so we got changed quickly and Steve got some burgers from the grill and we ran back down to the dock with some time to spare. We were on a small boat (similar to the one that took us to the motu) and cruised around to the west side of the island to watch the sunset with four other couples. One of the the couples was also on their honeymoon, so we talked for a while and watched the sun go down. On the way back, the sun hit the clouds just right and there was a splash of red on the horizon, but for the most part there wasn’t much color. We had a great time though and are very happy that we went.
Back on the ship, right before dinner, we purchased some small Murano glass fish. We look forward to tomorrow, with the last art auction, and the trip to Bora Bora.
