Paradise

I know, this post is a long time coming, but I took too many pictures :) We made it to Fakarava, which wasn’t anything special.

And then to Moorea which was spectacular! First we did an excursion to see the spinner dolphins. They have a really interesting social structure, it is all about love not war :) They have sex constantly and it can be with members of the same or opposite sex, so there is no fighting or dominance behaviors between them. The pod composition changes regularly as well, and it is a democratic structure where group movements are decided by the pod, not an individual.

Then we did a tour of the island which was incredibly beautiful, the pictures don’t do it justice.

A baby pineapple.

The next day we had the scuba diving experience from hell. Ten minutes into it we aborted. The equipment didn’t work, and the dive master was an idiot. We were so bummed out because the waters there were so beautiful. So much for 5-star reviews!

From there we went to the island of Raiatea.

There we had two wonderful dives, just gorgeous. But the weather was moving in. When you dive you’re wet anyway, so rain doesn’t matter but it does cut down on the light that penetrates to the corals. The storm was coming…..