Hello, Bye bye
Tahiti. One of the highlights of my trip. Land of so many myths, books and beautiful stories. My sister gave me a great book just before I left called Tupaia – The remarkable Story of Captain Cook’s Polynesian Navigator. It covers an important episode in Polynesian history from a very interesting viewpoint. I was looking forward to seeing many of the locations that are covered in this book first hand.
That will have to wait.
I was aware that it is the rainy season in Tahiti and that shower bursts are common. However, after four days of endless rain and at least a full week more to come, I have changed my itinerary and will be going back to Auckland for a week. I have looked into many other options but throughout the South Pacific there is no island that is not covered by heavy layers of rainclouds. Fiji even made international headlines today after being ravaged by a cyclone. I’m sure Tahiti is absolutely stunning when the sun comes out but that hasn’t happened yet (the weird thing is that I did get sunburn!). Tahiti to me is about beach life, diving, surfing, sailing, overwater bungalows. There’s none of that to be had in this weather.
Bora Bora, Rangiroa, Fakarava, their gods have silenced me for now but I hope I get to write about these wonderful places soon.