Dateline Moorea, anchored in the lagoon, in the rain: We had a sunny morning in Papeete, Tahiti, yesterday, very pretty. Then it clouded up again, conditions which continue today with rain. It is still April, still the rainy season, and still raining.
All three places we live during the year are between cool and cold when it rains. If I look out the window and see impending or actual rain I know it will be jacket weather. Not so in the tropics. Here it can rain and be hot at the same time, often that exact combination.
Moorea is less than twenty miles from Tahiti but where Tahiti bustles, Moorea saunters island-style. The DrsC like Moorea better than either Tahiti or Bora Bora, though not as much as Rarotonga. This trip I've gained a new appreciation for Raiatea.
Everybody raves about Bora Bora, which is certainly pretty. It is, however, seriously overdeveloped. There is little public beach on the island. A drive around the island shows you essentially wall-to-wall hotels with fenced-off beaches you must pay to use. Think low-rise Waikiki or Miami Beach, only more expensive and more remote. Bora Bora isn't the Polynesia of your dreams, Rarotonga comes close.
