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Arrival at Papeete, Tahiti     


Trip Day Sixteen: Sunday, October 7, 2007     

Papeete Harbor

Tahiti is one of 118 islands that make up French Polynesia.
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Ever since the famous French impressionist painter Paul Gauguin painted the Tahitian maidens, Tahiti has always had a mysterious allure.
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Freighter at Dock in the Harbor
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6:41 AM ~ We glide past a park near our pier while the early morning sun blinds the east side of our view.

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So interested in their adventure for the day, these sea kayakers glide past us with hardly a notice of this big ship coming into the harbor.

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The pilot boat stands ready to pick up it's man when he has fulfilled his duties to the Sun Princess entering the port.

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