took "Captain Taina" lagoon excursion pre-booked. Family/friend run with their own family private island. It had 2 snorkeling stops (statues, rays and reef sharks), drifted around waiting to see rare turtles, and spent a couple of hours at their private island where they prepared an awesome BBQ and we relaxed afterwards by lounging in the waters. Highly recommended.
Moorea is the non-tourist ...
We enjoyed shopping. One of the pearl shops - Alberts had a van parked at the dock and drove us to the shop but, the quality of the pearls was no better than the ones on the dock for the price. So, we went back to shop there. Relaxed with a coconut water. By now we were tired of island tours that began to look too familiar and similar! However, this is a pretty island and we were able to see the ...