Here are some of our pictures from our great honeymoon in Tahiti! We visited three islands: Huahine, Bora Bora, and Rangiroa, in that order. Huahine is below. Click the links above to see pictures from the other two islands.
Tahiti!
Rainbow over Moorea, on the flight to Huahine
Landing in Huahine
At the Te Tiare Hotel boat dock, in the town of Fare
Huahine’s main town Fare, from the dock
The deck of our “Overwater Bungalow”
Steps down to our swim platform and the lagoon
Dock in Fare
In Fare, along the waterfront
Fare Quay
View of the Bungalow next door
Laura rinsing off
Ah, Paradise....
Our first sunset from our bungalow deck
Going....
Laura in her Tahitian “Pareo” wrap
Going....
mmm...sunset
mmm...again
Gone
View out to the reef from our deck
Little fish hanging around the pillar of our bungalow
Laura’s coming to join me snorkeling
Island of Raiatea on the horizon
Sean watching the boat go by
Laura lounging...
Our Outrigger Canoe tour around the island
Lots of people burn brush in their yards...
The bridge connected the two halves of Huahine
Mountains from one of the bays of Huahine
Drift Snorkeling with the current...
...in the Huahine coral gardens
Anemones?
Fishes?
Brain coral?
Fishes?
Our “Motu” picnic after the snokeling
mmm....juice
Motu=little islet that forms on top of coral reef
Huahine is very lush...
Surfing in the pass through the reef!
Those waves are breaking on the reef
Looks pretty dangerous, but they seem to be good
Boats docked around Fare
Our Shark feeding, near the reef between passes!
Sharks! and Fish!
Lots and lots...
of fish!
And sharks!
more fish
and sharks
and fish
dont know why these bright yellow guys...
dont get eaten as a quick snack by the sharks
lots of sharks, which they swear are not dangerous
here
fishy
fishy
fishy
here, fishy!
we got in the water & held on to a rope & watch
back “home” on our deck
panorama of our view from our room
boats in Fare
Archeological site, “Marae”, where they...
...would perform religious ceremonies
We rented a car, and stopped at this overlook
Chickens are everywhere!
Looking toward Huahine Iti (Small)
Same overlook
Panorama toward the Huahine mountains
Laura posing in front of the mountains
For most of the island, the road hugs the water
Most people live along this one major circle-road
Panorama over the lagoon to the South
Sean and Laura...one of our favorite spots
mmm....shades of blue
mmm...more colors
Eating lunch under a tree on the beach, Chez Tara
Sunset from our deck again!
Going
going
Sun setting over Raiatea
almost
just about
set
and one more for good measure
One side of Laura...
and the other side of Laura, lounging
late-evening kayaker
toward the rest of the resort, as darkness falls
Silhouette of the overwater bungalows
and a wider view of the same
these fish collect at the light under our deck
Huahine
