What a difference 250 years has made to what ought to
be the epitome of the South Sea Islands.
Certainly Captain Bligh, popping in for breadfruit tree cuttings, would
be astonished.
The islanders should have put more effort into eating missionaries. |
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Doesn't look too bad from a distance - back to the
volcanic peaks like the Marquesas rather than the flat atolls of the
Tuamotus
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When you get close, however, this busy industrial harbor
area could be just about anywhere
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Housing development up the hillsides |
and hotel developments on the waterfront |
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The French have spread their notions of parking to all
their territories
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Boats as well as cars
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The flat water shows where the passage is through the reef
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The breakers crashing on the reef outside the marked channel
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enough of so-called civilization, lets have a look at
the island you can see in the background which is
MOOREA |
