Getting down to our last couple days, we spent today walking around Papeete. The problem was-we walked the wrong way. We went all the way to the airport, which looks to be around 4 miles one way. It just got less and less interesting all the way. Once we got to an overlook where we could look down on the runway, we looked at the map and said; “whoops”, we wanted to go the other way. So then we walked all the way back at which point we had lunch (mahi mahi burger; highly recommended!). After lunch we realized the “Round Moorea outrigger race” was coming back and we sat on Charisma and had a ringside seat to watch the finish. I can’t really describe the madness other than to say it’s a huge event here, there were at least 30 canoes and for each canoe there were at least five motor boats that followed providing hydration and support. The race was over six hours in the tropical heat and they crossed the ocean to Moorea and back. Whew, made me so tired I had to take a nap.

We then had a lovely dinner to celebrate John from Orcinius’ release from the hospital. He had an angiogram and all is well. So John, and Lisa from Orcinius, John and Pat from The Rose, Bob and Linda from Bright Angel and John’s brother Walt who is here for two weeks and we all went out to dinner and John surprised us all by picking up the bill for thanking everyone for their support. The reality here though is that John and Lisa are most wonderful people and we are all happy to stand by them.

Tomorrow we’re hoping to get tickets to the dance/music event of the year. More about that tomorrow. You think I sound tired? You’d be right.

Two more days. We’ll be leaving on Monday.