MO-0-RE-A Is the way to pronounce the name of this beautiful island.
I was here a year and a half ago with my daughter. Staying on the island is a different experience than visiting for a few hours.
Our travel agent, Virtuoso, has representative on board for the whole World Cruise, organizes special visits to different destination, Moorea was one of them. The comfortable bus took us, for a white knuckle ride, to the Belvedere.
On the way downhill, we stop to see a MARAE : The marae open air sanctuaries embodies spirituality and magnificence of an island.
During the ride, the excellent guide entertained us with history about the island, and the live of Captain Cook on this island.
After watching beautiful churches and getting a complete lecture on Moorea Coral Reef Long Term Ecological Research (see the site : http://msi.ucsb.edu/moorea-coral-reef-long-term-ecological-research,
We had a wonderful French/Polynesian lunch
and watch a Polynesian outrigger canoe is known in French Polynesia under its maohi name : “va’a”.
And a splendid picture of the beautiful water as we proceed to Papeete, Tahiti
Around the world again 