Rangiroa
This page has some night-time shots. They are really cool, but I’ve already seen that they don’t come out very well on some computer monitors...so either adjust your sceen contrast or download and adjust the picture itself to make all the detail come out!
Tahiti!
Coming in to land at the coral atoll of Rangiroa
Little island near the pass, from the plane
The Kia Ora Hotel, in a Coconut plantation
Walking along the only road on the island
The island is only about 200 yards wide
Ocean on one side, Lagoon on the other
Walking down to Tiputa pass, one of two
Near the pass
Ocean waves crashing on shore at the pass
Channel markers at the pass
The dock on the lagoon side of the pass
Laura looking at the deep blue water...
because we can see all the way to the bottom!
Rangiroa sunset from the dock
here we go again
almost
sizzle....
sssssss.......
almost out
just about
and another evening Outrigger canoe
all gone
1 hr across the lagoon, here is Kia Ora Sauvage
The dining room & lounge of this desert island
Our little Robinson Crusoe hut on the beach
Our deck and some palm trees
and some more palm trees
no electricity=cooled by the breeze
ahhhh
relaxing on the deck
can you tell we like to do this?
I’m.....heeereee!
Ocean crashing on the reef, with fossilized coral..
like this stuff, sticking out above the live reef
Our gas lantern to light the way at night
The resident dog, Pana, who is very friendly
Bernard, our host, takes us snorkeling
This is the Motu where Kia Ora Sauvage is
fishes
and a few more
they keep moving before I can take the picture
ah, our very own hammock
Laura looking cute before sunset
Our romantic shadow embrace...
Sunset over the neighboring Motu
hello, my love
sun still setting
water lapping upon the shore
still fading
sky darkening in the other direction
Moon, palms,Alpha&Beta Centauri, which point to...
The Southern Cross! Follow it left to the S. pole
Moonlit beach from our deck
Our cozy bungalow glowing by lantern light
Palms illuminated by the moon
That smudge is the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC)
...which a neighbor galaxy to our Milky Way
Narrow “Hoa” channel between two Motu
Exploring neighboring deserted islands
Dead “Aito” Ironwood pines on the beach
Laura exploring in her Bikini
Sting ray!
Sharks! Where’s the shark, Pana? Get him!
One last rock on our hammock
Leaving the island with a bunch of the staff
Goodbye, Kia Ora Sauvage!
Hello, Tiputa village
An enormous Manta Ray, and a poor picture of it
Church in the other village, Avatoru
This is looking down into the water....
from the walkway to overwater bungalows...
look how clear the water is!!!
You don’t even need to snorkel to see the fish!!!
