Tahiti, Bora Bora, and other Society Islands

Town Hall
Papeete, Tahiti
October 18, 2005




Sergey Gorinsky on Hawaikinui
Pacific Ocean off Moorea
October 18, 2005




Bora Bora comes into picture
Pacific Ocean between Tahaa and Bora Bora
October 19, 2005




Hawaikinui at Farepiti Wharf
Bora Bora
October 19, 2005




Warm shallow at the lagoon side of Motu Piti Aau
Bora Bora
October 19, 2005




Small motu to the immediate north from Motu Piti Aau
Bora Bora
October 19, 2005




Lagoonarium
Bora Bora
October 19, 2005




Favorite fish at Lagoonarium (sharks were spooky)
Bora Bora
October 19, 2005




Mount Otemanu with Motu Piti Aau behind and Fitiiu Point on the left (seen from the top of Mount Pahia)
Bora Bora
October 20, 2005




Mount Hue, village of Faanui, Taihi Point, and airstrip on Motu Mute (seen from the top of Mount Pahia)
Bora Bora
October 20, 2005




Village of Vaitape, Tahitian Princess, and Motu Toopua (seen from the top of Mount Pahia)
Bora Bora
October 20, 2005




Aponapu Bay, Paoaoa Point, Faaopore Bay, Taahana Bay, Matira Point, Rofau Bay, Raititi Point, and Povai Bay (seen from the top of Mount Pahia)
Bora Bora
October 20, 2005




Lagoon past Fareone Point of Motu Piti Aau
Bora Bora
October 21, 2005




Underwater shell depository off Fareone Point of Motu Piti Aau
Bora Bora
October 21, 2005




Mount Otemanu and Mount Pahia (seen from the point where three colors of the lagoon come together in front of Paoaoa Point)
Bora Bora
October 22, 2005




Each paradise has its rusty guns
Fitiiu Point, Bora Bora
October 22, 2005




Mount Otemanu (seen from Fitiiu Point)
Bora Bora
October 22, 2005




Mount Hue with Mount Pahia lurking behind and Mount Otemanu bulking on the left (seen from Faanui Bay)
Bora Bora
October 22, 2005




Mount Pahia and Mount Hue (seen from Vaitape Wharf)
Do they look like Snoopy - as David Stanley suggests in "Moon Handbooks Tahiti: Including the Cook Islands" - to you?
To me, they look like a yet another supine mountainous face of Pacific islands
Bora Bora
October 22, 2005




Ray off Matira Beach in front of Bora Diving Center
Bora Bora
October 22, 2005




Vaeanu at Farepiti Wharf
Bora Bora
October 23, 2005




Morning sleep on Vaeanu
Pacific Ocean between Bora Bora and Tahaa
October 23, 2005




Tahaa
October 23, 2005




Paul Gauguin at Raiatea
Lagoon between Raiatea and Tahaa
October 23, 2005




Magnetic force of Vaeanu ropes
Huahine
October 23, 2005




Huahine
October 23, 2005




Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Papeete, Tahiti
October 25, 2005




Le Truck at a major stop near Town Hall
Papeete, Tahiti
October 25, 2005




Gauguinish gloss of Papeete Market
Tahiti
October 25, 2005




"The Island at Midday"
Cortazarish airplane sunk off Beachcomber InterContinental Resort
Tahiti
October 26, 2005




Opunohu Bay
Moorea
October 27, 2005




Mount Mouaroa (seen from a knob above Three Coconut Trees Pass)
Moorea
October 27, 2005




Mount Mouaroa (seen from the yard of the coral-and-lime Church of the Holy Family in Haapiti)
Moorea
October 27, 2005




Aremiti Ferry approaches Papeete
Tahiti
October 27, 2005




Beached Polynesian fleet
Papeete, Tahiti
October 27, 2005




Vaima Pool
Tahiti
October 28, 2005




Vaihiria Lake
Tahiti
October 28, 2005




Waterfalls over Vaihiria Lake
Tahiti
October 28, 2005




Tunnel at the summit of the rough road from Papenoo to Papeari
Tahiti
October 28, 2005




Vaihiria Lake
Tahiti
October 28, 2005




Calm waters at the south coast of Tahiti Iti
Tahiti
October 28, 2005


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