Sunday, January 24, 2016

Report # 24 Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia January 23, 2016 Saturday Part # 2 Partly cloudy & 85 degrees 68 Pictures---- Afternoon


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Subject: Report # 24   Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia   January 23, 2016   Saturday   Part # 2   Partly cloudy & 85 degrees    68 Pictures---- Afternoon

 

 

 

The photos continue……………

 

 

Two-faced tiki

 

The shoreline walkway is finally finished

 

Full of huts and benches

 

Many years in the making

 

Amsterdam docked

 

Apartments with a view

 

Several restaurants

 

A busy harbor

 

Secure floating slips

 

Testing the new wooden bench

 

A monument along the way

 

A thatched palapa

 

Outrigger canoes

 

Pond full of lilies

 

Flowers everywhere

 

A mangrove-type of palm

 

The canoe grounds

 

Monument

 

Park grounds

 

A common mynah bird

 

A cool place to relax

 

Fancy cranes

 

The stadium for concerts

 

The river exit

 

Bathers

 

Boaters

 

Graffiti

 

Large shade trees

 

Flowering shrubs

 

Well-kept park

 

A flame tree

 

Most beautiful blossoms

 

Brick-lined walkways

 

Balcony gardens and laundry day

 

Boulevard Pomare

 

Tiered fountain in the park

 

Water lily

 

A pond of lilies

 

Canna lilies

 

Evangelical Church (Paofai Church 1906)

 

Wall art caught our eye

 

There is the pizza restaurant

 

If you blink, you miss it

 

Open for business

 

A new sign

 

The wood-fired oven

 

The patio seating

 

An artist's drawing

 

Large beers

 

Doesn't that look delicious???

 

The lunch crowd was gone by 2pm

 

The huge banana split

 

Patio dining

 

The happy chef

 

More lilies

 

The Gauguin loads up again today

 

The ferry terminal

 

The Chinese science ship

 

Tropical fish

 

Could become dinner

 

This ship has a story

 

Two slips in the harbor

 

Many palms

 

Amsterdam

 

The aft of the Gauguin

 

The promenade

 

Vaiete Place

 

Tropical blossoms