Traveling Tolins 2

  Moʻorea , also spelled  Moorea , is a  volcanic island  in  French Polynesia . It is one of the  Windward Islands , a group that is part of the  Society Islands , 11 miles northwest of  Tahiti . The name comes from the  Tahitian  word  Moʻoreʻa , meaning "yellow lizard":  Moʻo  = lizard ;  Reʻa  ( from   reʻareʻa ) = yellow.  An older name for the island is  ʻAimeho , sometimes spelled  ʻAimeo  or  ʻEimeo  (among other spellings that were used by early visitors before Tahitian spelling was standardized). Early Western colonists and voyagers also referred to Moʻorea as  York Island  or  Santo Domingo .  Population is about 20K. More info:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mo%27orea Today we took a Lagoon Scenic Catamaran Cruise along the Mo'orea north side Our Viking Neptune Note the hole just below the lying lady's nose.  It's ten feet in diameter. The green grassy area is a pineapple field, which needs drainage Hotel Hilton If you have a million or two, we will vo

On the fifth sea day of this leg, the night before visiting Bora Bora, we were treated to a marvelous 'surf 'n turf" pool-side lobster tail and beef evening meal.   . Bora Bora  ( French :  Bora-Bora ;  Tahitian :  Pora Pora ) is an island group in the  Leeward Islands  in the  South Pacific . The Leeward Islands comprise the western part of the  Society Islands  of  French Polynesia , which is an  overseas collectivity  of the  French Republic  in the  Pacific Ocean . Bora Bora has a total land area of 12 square miles. The  main island , located about 125 nautical miles northwest of  Papeete , is surrounded by a  lagoon  and a  barrier reef . In the center of the island are the remnants of an  extinct volcano , rising to two peaks,  Mount Pahia  and  Mount Otemanu ; the highest point is at 2,385 feet. Bora Bora is part of the  Commune  of  Bora-Bora , which also includes the atoll of  Tūpai . The main languages spoken in Bora Bora are  Tahitian  and  French . However, due