We awoke for our second day in Pape'ete and it was a close repeat of yesterday’s activities!
After breakfast, we went for a walk along the waterfront. We tried to walk further this time, but ran out of sidewalk and found only roadway so we decided to turn around. Again there were three playgrounds (aire de jeux en francais) with locks on all of the gates. Our dinner friends R & C said this is somewhat common in the US. Communities will build a playground and residents will be given a key! This approach differs from Canada where playgrounds are for the community and free! But it does cost money to fundraise and build a playground, so they may want to keep it in good repair.
We bought a beautiful bouquet of flowers from the farmers market and did our best to promote them and encourage other passengers to go buy flowers too!
After our walk, we decided to play a game of Splendour (a board game we brought with us) on the Lido deck by the pool. We stayed long enough to keep our table for lunch and R & C joined us. They are usually the ones early enough to score a table by the pool at lunch!
J decided to go for another walk this afternoon and I stayed in the room and relaxed looking out at our stellar view! We got super lucky on this our last port day with a dock - the starboard was a far more interesting view to look at rather than port, aft or the bow!
When J returned we went for swim in the pool, because the sun was trying to burst forth! The back sea view pool felt cooler than the mid ship pool no doubt due to the wind. I scored a bowl of banana ice cream after my swim. J and I joined friends on the back deck and then it started to pour rain. This was the heaviest rain of the day and a good one to be under cover.
I followed up with Guest Services saying yesterday I bought the Premium wifi for the remainder of the cruise (which should allow for faster streaming - like watching a video) but the ship promptly loss internet service about an hour later. The internet is still not functioning a day later, so Christine was good enough to refund me the upgrade fee (of $50) and if I choose to upgrade when internet service returns, I can do so then. V from Vancouver had to go into town to find wifi because she had a deadline at work that she had to meet.
Dinner in the dining room was excellent. J had moonfish, I had a chicken dish. We both had two appetizers - a Polynesian fruit dish and a shrimp and grapefruit dish. The starters were excellent!
Tomorrow we visit Fakarava on an independent boat excursion - we are really hoping for sunshine and not more rain!
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