Tahiti again

Thurs

Shopping day! We went downtown to the market, and I got quite the shock there. There were little animal boxes made out of coconut shells and wood, and I opened one to find 6 or so HUGE cockroaches that skittered out. I threw the box back down. There were a ton of cute ones, but after that there was NO WAY I was bringing one home. My mom bought the girls cute matching skirts at a little shop:

And little necklaces too.

Fri

We went to Moorea, and island an hour away by ferry. I was very excited to go!  We went on a little boat around a fourth of the island over to an atoll called Motu Fareohe.

On a boat!

Look at that water!

My dad, touching a ray. I abstained.

 At the atoll we had a bbq where they made poisson cru (raw fish) and grilled chicken, and Uru. Uru is breadfruit. And it pretty much tastes like potatoes, with the texture of a banana. I got banged up by some coral, and an awesomely bad sunburn. (My mom offered to put sunscreen on me, and I was like, no, I'll be fine. I was not fine!) In order for my coral lesions to not get infected we had to rub limes on them. That really stung, but my legs are still attached!

That night we went out to a restaurant that one of my parent's friends works at. I really didn't want to go because I was so tired and ouchy from the sunburn, but I'm so glad I did. The food was AMAZING! The best meal I've had possibly ever. They brought me a vegetarian platter with every single side dish, and an amazing cream sauce to pour all over it. They brought us drinks, and salads, and dessert. We all thought we were too full until we tried them. My mom and I had some tropical fruit sorbet, but my dad had and apple tart that really was the yummiest thing I've ever tasted. We were stuffed, but it was soooo good.

Sat

Moorea. We did a tour of the island, saw sea turtles at the intercontinental:

Turtle!

And we drove up to the Belvedere lookout.

Awesome view!

Then my dad and I hiked up to the top of the lookout, which was also beautiful.

Check out my awesome sunburn! It was ouchy.

aaaaand more roosters. They were everywhere!

Sun

Church, and we picked some figs, which were so good. And I packed.

Mon

 I finished up some shopping in the morning, and my mom drove me around while I looked.
We went to the Roulettes, which is a bunch of food carts downtown. We went with my mom and dad's group of American friends, the mission and temple presidents, and temple couple. It was a lot of fun, and the food was really good. They all gave me shell necklaces and it was so nice of them. I cried because it was so nice, but mostly because I was glad my parents had such good friends there. Two of the three couples are done with their missions, and my parents are really missing them!

My flight left around midnight, so we headed to the airport pretty soon after. It was sad saying goodbye, but I missed Jon a lot.

THE END!