Morea

This is our honeymoon after all! Maybe this is why there are almost no pictures to be shared from these few heavenly days :) The truth is that we spent so much time in the water that we almost never had a camera with us. Morea is a gorgeous little island just a short ferry ride away from the Island of Tahiti. After arriving on Tahiti at midnight - we stayed the night on a hostel's floor (as is usual we had no reservations). Then we were off on the morning ferry to the island that we were told is much quieter and prettier than Tahiti. We were not disappointed. The island became our little piece of paradise for those few days. We were "stationed" in a little hut on the north western part of the island where the beach is the whitest and surrounded by coral reefs. Literally, our hut was within a stone throw from the sand and the lively coral was just a couple of yards from the sandy beach. Furthermore, within a half an half- hour swim, we even had a private little island! It used to be an exclusive Club Med property but has been abandoned and is only now looked after by 1 hut. Surrounded by all kinds of aquatic life, including 2 types of rays (sting-ray and eagle-ray) we were in heaven. We spent hours in the water. And it really did not matter that we came to Tahiti during its several rainy week streak - we were wet most of the time anyway :) It seemed that we would only come out to rest, eat and sleep. The eating on this island was quite different than most of this honeymoon - here we cooked every meal as the prices on this island are just outrageous. I have never been to another place like it. We did however splurge once for a dinner in a restaurant - and I must admit that it was one of the best meals we have had on this trip. We had fresh fish tartar and serviche - both excellent. The favorite story from Tahiti though was the shark diving. Just imagine 30 black tip, about 1 meter long sharks just circling around you, feeding on a huge tuna brought by our instructor to "invite the fishees".. Now imagine these sharks scared, making space for a furious 2.5 meter lemon shark. It really was amazing how quickly the huge grey shark commended respect. With no effort, uninterrupted, he tossed the enormous tuna head around until there was only bones left. What a spectacle!