What time is it there?!

We decided not to do too much while we are here so we have only done one organised excursion. This was a 4x4 jeep ‘safari’ which took us out for about 4 hours. We went up to ‘The Belvedere’ which is basicaly a lookout point across half the island. At least it would have been if it wasn’t for the low cloud and heavy rain! The rain did clear long enough to get a couple of shots, and we did also visit another high point where we got some far better pictures.

Along the way we also visited the local fruit juice factory. They produce quite a lot of different drinks there, but Moorea’s big crop is pineapples so they featured heavily. All the tourists got a few free tasters in shop, these were all alcoholic ‘fruit liqueurs’ which seemed a blatant attempt to get you drunk so you would spend more money!

As with most similar tours around the world we ended up at a shop trying sell us something, in French Polynesia the items in question are pearls. We avoided buying anything (even with the ‘special discount’ offered to people on the tour).