Little Lolly's Small Adventures: Farewell to Moorea.

This morning I could have murdered the rooster that woke me up at 4am. I was so tired and wanted to sleep. I knew we had to get up at a reasonable hour in order to tidy up our rented accommodation before we left but 4am, to me, is unreasonable....

During breakfast we fed the hen and her chicks one last time. The previous day a bit of ham thrown to mum and her brood went down a treat but today a bit of leftover burger chicken didn't go down as enthusiastically as the ham. This time the hen allowed other hens and roosters to come for a bite rather than chasing them off as usual. We will miss our feathered friends.

On the way to the airport we made one last stop at an ice cream shop. It became our favourite stop during our stay on the island and Sunday was the only day that we didn't go in case the shop was closed. We said farewell to the ice cream shop owner whilst there, her smiling face turning a bit sad at the news that we were leaving.

At 1pm we boarded short flight to Papeete and were met at the small airport by a driver organised by Paul's company via the port agent. On the way into the town centre it became apparent that we were being taken to the harbour. There seemed that there was a misunderstanding about transport arrangements - our driver was told pick up Paul from the airport and take him to the harbour rather than a pre-arranged hotel. The cruise ship only arrives late tonight or early tomorrow morning. Paul ended up showing our driver the paperwork that he had, stating that the travel arrangements were from the airport to the hotel and then in the morning, at 9am, - hotel to the harbour. She believed Paul after that. Shame, it wasn't her fault.

Eventually we arrived at the Intercontinental Resort Tahiti (http://tahiti.intercontinental.com/), dropped our luggage off in the room and set off to explore the hotel and grounds. The hotel/resort is beautiful. I say no more. We ended up going for a swim in one of the infinity pools and later on we got our mask, snorkel and fins and headed to the "lagoonarium" to do a bit of snorkelling.

We had dinner in one of the hotel restaurants that looked out towards one of the swimming pools. There was a bar next door that had live music which was pleasant to listen to as we had our meal. The whole area was lit up when the sun went down and was very pretty. The dining room staff encouraged us to stay for the show but we were tired and wanted to head to bed.

Tomorrow we join the Maasdam and Paul's work begins.

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