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Next stop after the Tuamotu atolls was the fabled Society Islands. Sadly we had only a month left on our visas in French Polynesia so we were only able to visit the islands of Tahiti, Moorea, Huahine, Raiatea and Bora-Bora. Our favourite stop (as you can tell by the photos below) was Moorea.

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Jul '09 - Bora-Bora - Anchorage from the mast - click to enlarge     Jul '09 - Bora-Bora - Check out the swanky cruise ship followed by dump truck on barge - click to enlarge

Jul '09 - Bora-Bora - Haiva festival outrigger races - click to enlarge     Jul '09 - Bora-Bora - Haiva festival outrigger races - click to enlarge     Jul '09 - Bora-Bora - Haiva festival outrigger races - click to enlarge

Jul '09 - Bora-Bora - View from the mast - click to enlarge     Jul '09 - Bora-Bora - Resort from the mast - click to enlarge

Jul '09 - Bora-Bora - Haiva festival outrigger races - click to enlarge     Jul '09 - Bora-Bora - Haiva festival onlookers - click to enlarge     Jul '09 - Bora-Bora - Haiva festival women's outrigger racers - click to enlarge

Jun '09 - Moorea - Tahiti Rendezvous volunteer - click to enlarge     Jun '09 - Moorea - Tahiti Rendezvous dancer - click to enlarge     Jun '09 - Moorea - Tahiti Rendezvous band member - click to enlarge

Jun '09 - Moorea - Tahiti Rendezvous - Polynesian dance - click to enlarge     Jun '09 - Moorea - Tahiti Rendezvous - Polynesian band - click to enlarge

Jun '09 - Moorea - Tahiti Rendezvous - Fruit carrying races - click to enlarge     Jun '09 - Moorea - Tahiti Rendezvous - Great polynesian tatoos - click to enlarge     Jun '09 - Moorea - Tahiti Rendezvous - Rock lifting competition - click to enlarge

Jun '09 - Moorea - Wayne & crew in the outrigger race - click to enlarge     Jun '09 - Moorea - Outrigger race - click to enlarge

Jun '09 - Moorea - Opunohu Bay - click to enlarge     Jun '09 - Moorea - Opunohu Bay - click to enlarge     Jun '09 - Moorea - 100 boats gathered for Tahiti Rendezvous - click to enlarge

Jun '09 - Moorea - Large jellyfish - click to enlarge

Jun '09 - Moorea - Stingray - click to enlarge     Jun '09 - Moorea - Fair sized black tip reef shark - click to enlarge     Jun '09 - Moorea - Stingray - click to enlarge

Jun '09 - Moorea - Stringray - click to enlarge     Jun '09 - Moorea - Stringray & friend - click to enlarge

Jun '09 - Moorea - Brave reef fish - click to enlarge     Jun '09 - Moorea - Reef fish - click to enlarge     Jun '09 - Moorea - "Nemo"-type anenome fish - click to enlarge

Jun '09 - Moorea - Live conch - click to enlarge     Jun '09 - Moorea - Tiger cowry - click to enlarge

Jun '09 - Moorea - Pretty little eel - click to enlarge     Jun '09 - Moorea - Crown of Thorns starfish - click to enlarge     Jun '09 - Moorea - Almost invisible flounder - click to enlarge

Jun '09 - Moorea - Moorish Idol - click to enlarge     Jun '09 - Moorea - Reef fish - click to enlarge

Jun '09 - Moorea - Cook's Bay - click to enlarge     Jun '09 - Moorea - Cook's Bay - click to enlarge     Jun '09 - Moorea - Opunohu Bay - click to enlarge

Jun '09 - Moorea - Opunohu Bay - click to enlarge     Jun '09 - Moorea - Opunohu Bay - click to enlarge

Jun '09 - Moorea - Striped surgeonfish - click to enlarge     Jun '09 - Moorea - Scissortail sergeant - click to enlarge     Jun '09 - Moorea - Bashful reef fish - click to enlarge

Jun '09 - Moorea - Mysterious underwater dweller - click to enlarge     Jun '09 - Moorea - Reef cleaner - click to enlarge

Jun '09 - Moorea - Sunset near Cook's Bay - click to enlarge     Jun '09 - Moorea - Cruise ship & local fisherman at sunset - click to enlarge     Jun '09 - Moorea - Sunset near Opunohu Bay - click to enlarge

Jun '09 - Moorea - French naval ship - click to enlarge     Jun '09 - Moorea - French naval ship - click to enlarge

Jun '09 - Moorea - Longnose butterflyfish - click to enlarge     Jun '09 - Moorea - Longnose butterflyfish - click to enlarge     Jun '09 - Moorea - Longnose butterflyfish - click to enlarge

Jun '09 - Moorea - Racoon butterflyfish - click to enlarge     Jun '09 - Moorea - Reef fish - click to enlarge

Jun '09 - Moorea - Lookout - click to enlarge     Jun '09 - Moorea - Lookout - click to enlarge     Jun '09 - Moorea - Lookout - click to enlarge

Jun '09 - Moorea - Lookout - click to enlarge     Jun '09 - Moorea - The crews of Lightheart, Daydream & Australis - click to enlarge

Jun '09 - Moorea - Ruins - click to enlarge     Jun '09 - Moorea - Flowering trees - click to enlarge     Jun '09 - Moorea - Bird - click to enlarge

Jun '09 - Tahiti - Yacht Club paddle - click to enlarge