3/5/2015 0 Comments A week in Papeete.So nicely installed in the centre of town & with the new Marina opening on Monday with its official launch on Thursday night, we were in THE SPOT! We literally had to step off the boat & we were at the visitors information centre, the produce market was 3 minutes walk & all the sites of the city (v small) were at hand, as well as the night market food stalls a few steps away from us.
We got all our information from the tourism board, of which was a priority especially for Mark with impending work needed to be lined up was wifi. We also found out what we needed to see & so forth. Papeete we found closed down from Saturday afternoon until Monday morning but we still had a pleasant time exploring. Svend & I managed to suss out a couple of churches, which we attended on Saturday night & Sunday morning. This gave us a chance to listen to the mesmerizing sounds of the Polynesian people singing, a truly beautiful sound. Both churches, the catholic & protestant were full & their choirs didn’t disappoint. The protestant one in particular was interesting in that the congregation all wore white shirts, the women ALL were dressed in what looked like a school uniform & wore the oldest fashioned white straw hats. Wonderful. There was also a black pearl museum & a myriad of black pearl shops. Marks wife Tina was arriving on Wednesday with another couple so Mark was looking forward to that, so Svend & I decided to clear out for a couple of days whilst Mark informed Tina about the extra dollars they needed to spend on repairs, no not really, we thought they needed a couple of romantic days since they hadn’t seen each other for over 4 months!!!
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