Well, what a whorlwind vacation. I will give a brief summary of the recent adventures until such time that I have more pictures from people and more energies.
With the parents I went to Rangiroa, where I scuba dived with dolphins and sea turtles and millions of fish. I was pretty amazing and visually overwhelming. We swam with dozens of tiny black tip reef sharks, and watched several amazing sunsets. They saw the green flash of a sunset over the ocean. Then we spent a few days in Tahiti Iti and drove around the island a bit. Lots of good pictures that dad took, especially of waterfalls and waves. We found a hobbiton in the middle of Tahiti Iti, full of pasturelands of grazing milk cows. So weird! Then a few days near Papeete, which involved a good bit of shopping for souvenirs, eating good food, and seeing other thrills of Tahiti, like grottos you can swim in, and the Paul Gaugin museum, as well as the hotel pool and 'beach'. Tahiti ain't got nothing on Mo'orea!
All in all, a great vacation, but I am exhausted from traveling (got back yesterday) and super excited to go to Seattle for a visit with my well missed man! All the students were pretty upset about the cool weather here, and it is looking to be a good week and a bit of work work work! They still have the final presentations and papers to hand in, and then I have a whole mess of grading to work through. Bleh. So not as much fun as snorkeling!!!!!!!!
I miss Mo'orea already!
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