The next morning we were up early to watch the sail into Moorea. We loved looking at the majestic peak of "Bali Hi". Our tour that morning was the Aito off road safari. We were put into an open jeep and taken to one of the most beautiful areas on the island and then to Belvedere Mountain. Along the way we stopped at a pineapple plantation and a flower farm. At each stop we made friends with the mosquitos. It didn't matter whether we used Deet, monoi oil or a combination of the two. The tour was informative, and somewhat bouncy. In the afternoon we headed to Le Petit Village to do a bit of shopping. We had dinner for two at Veranda. I was not impressed. My venison came out overcooked. I also didn't care for the cut of meat and the sauce was watered down and not at all interesting. Gil had rack of lamb (of course) and claimed it wasn't as good as the rack of lamb the night before in L'Etoile. However that was really one of the only times I found the food not good.
The next day (our last day ) was the dolphin watch with Michael Poole. As we sat out in the water sighting spinner dolphins, several of the people onboard started to turn green. The boat was doing alot of rocking in the swells. Gil was one of those and at one point begged me to throw him overboard. I didn't listen and finally Michael decided to head for calmer waters. Luckily for Gil the minute the boat started moving, he improved. By the time we got into the lagoon he was fine.
That afternoon I wanted to go shopping to the other shops and Gil wanted to relax. We ran into Debbie who then showed us her new granddaughter. So after changing out of my suit, I headed back to town. I wound up at Ron Hall's shop where I then became the proud owner of a second pearl. This one is a beautiful blue/green set in the crook of a fish hook. That night I was able to wear the new pearl along with the one I had gotten earlier. (see photos)
Before dinner we were treated to a show with the polynesian dancers. We joined Debbie, Russ, Brenda, Fred, Great grandparents Jean and Bill for dinner that night. We celebrated with Gil and Bill picking up the tab for drinks. Debbie was so excited and couldn't wait to get home the next day. All of us were wearing our new "bling" and we sent Gil upstairs to get my camera to take a group photo of the bling. After that the others went to P-A-C-K and Gil and I (who had P-A-C-Ked earlier) went to dance to Siglo for the last time. We then headed back to our room to finish packing.
