Email from the Ship: We finally arrived in Tahiti this morning 2-21-04 at 7 am with the fog and the misty rain. I got up at 5am so I wouldn't miss anything.By 7am it was clearing up.
It's so fascinating to watch the happenings of entering the harbor and docking the ship in it's designated berth. A pilot boat brings the pilot to the ship and he is responsible for giving the helmsman directions for getting the ship to the dock. The tugboats are waiting for us to push the ship turning it completely around and up to the dock.Then the unloading starts which is very entertaining At 9am we walked down the swaying crooked steps with ropes to hold on to to get to the dock to meet our taxi for an around the island tour.It was very hot and humid. The island is full of many colored flowers, lush green plants and many trees.
We ate luch at a restaurant along the water with a huge group of people attending a wedding reception. We were very hot and tired when we arrived back on ship late afternoon. We will be here until Mon eve so I'm not sure what we will do tomorrow. I'm sending more pictures but it will take awhile for them to get there.It's nice to get emails from some of you and I may not be able to answer all of them but I will continue to add to my web site.
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