Toast in Tahiti

We spent the first 6 days of our vacation ACTUALLY relaxing. On our arrival in Tahiti Nui, we took the ferry to Moorea and stayed at the Sheraton. The first few days we actually had a bungalow right near the beach and the last two days we had a bungalow on the water. The bungalow on the water was our favorite it was peaceful and beautiful. While at the water bungalow, we were not awakened at the crack of dawn by the many roosters that sounded like they were screaming their tiny rooster lungs out every morning in an attempt to get our attention and hopefully a few nibbles of some food. We had lots of fun watching this porpcupine fish who would come into an area of the water every night. He would wait for food and torment this moray eel. This porcupine fish was kind of a tank. We decided if Jake was a fish, he'd be a porcupine fish. We named the fish, Mr. Puffy Pants... since he looked so much like our Jakey.

We were generally horrified daily by how insanely expensive Tahiti is. We had decided not to pack suncreen so we didn't have to check a bag at the airport. We figured we would just get suncreen when we got there. One hundred and twenty five dollars later, we left the Sheraton gift shop with 1 bottle of 60spf sunscreen, 1 bottle of 4spf suncreen and 1 can on bug spray. We also went cheap on breakfast. We had $11 toast! $11! The funny part was that it wasn't even really toasted. It was just sort of crispy-ish. After that, I ate french toast every day and David continued with the semi-toasted toast.

Snorkeling was interesting. David got bit by this mean little trigger fish- which actually drew blood. Apparently, it is pretty common...getting bit by these aggressive little fish. The same thing happened to at least 2 other hotel guests that we knew of. Anyway, besides relaxing, there is not a lot to do on Moorea. We drove the island in 2 hours. It's small and pretty and very, very hot. When we left Moorea, we spent our last night in Tahiti Nui... which actually seemed a bit more fun. It's much more populated, and there seems to be a bit of nightlife there. We walked around there had dinner met a couple of nice guys from New Zealand, who just happened to be the pilots who were flying us back to NZ the very next day. We hung out with our new friends Duncan and Gregg for several hours. We eventually managed to get back to our hotel by the airport, we spent most of yesterday waiting for our flight...and then on our flight.

We arrived in Auckland last night and got a room at this cute little place called the Hotel Aspen. It's a budget friendly b & b right in the heart of central Auckland. We walked all over the place today and will likely be renting a car tomorrow to head down the west coast of Auckland to go meet up with Gregg. Keep your fingers crossed. This will be our first time driving on the opposite side of the road: ) I'll try to remember my USB cord next time so I can post some pictures of chickens or something.