Ferry Landing by junge1
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Ferry Landing in Vaiare, Moorea. The 1829 gun can be seen to the right of the two orange trash cans near the water.
This picture was taken on 14 August 2009.
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Sig...
A comment about Polynesia:
First of all 'thanks' for all the nice comments.
I have often asked myself what it is that I find so attractive about these islands (Society Islands)? There are five groups of islands spread over 2,000,000 square kilometer of the South Pacific that make up French Polynesia and the Society Islands are one of them.
Is it the physical beauty of the islands, the steep mountains? Is it the incredible variety of plants, trees, and shrub, ironically many of them not native to the islands, but imported by the botanist of early explorers and especially by the American Harrison Smith that introduced to the islands a range of tropical shrubs, trees, and flowers from throughout the world to improve the economy and conditions for the locals?
Is it the climate, or is it the people?
It is probably a combination of all of these.
I have never seen peaked, steep mountains this close to the coast anywhere. The highest point on Tahiti is Mt. Orohena (2241m). It is only about 12km from the coast as the crow flies. On Moorea the highest point is Mt. Tohiea (1207m), about 4 km from the nearest coastline as the crow flies. And these peaks occur throughout both islands.
The climate seems ideal. It is winter in August here and the dry season, yet there were showers every day somewhere on either island or over the ocean. But they were passing, dropped a little rain, nothing heavy, at least of what I could see.
The people. According to statistics there are probably no longer any 100% pure Polynesians in the islands, yet a survey found that 65% of the locals consider themselves Polynesian.
Throughout the week I was there, time seemed to have stood still. By today's standard, the islands are relatively unspoiled. Yes, there is tourism, but the islands are off the beaten path and when compared with Hawaii for instance, they are relatively unspoiled.
The first time I arrived here 8 years earlier I felt that Hawaii must have been like this 100 years earlier. Here, the official language is French. Polynesian is the second language, yet when leaving Papeete the spoken word is Polynesian.
With a little imagination one can pretend one is in paradise. Yes, it is expensive (a four hour rental of a 200cc ATV on Moorea to get me to where I wanted to go was $90). Taxi from Papeete to the hotel, 8km distance $30 fixed rate after 8PM, a little cheaper before 8PM.
I hope this clarifies my fascination with the islands, but I am not sure in my own mind, Sig...
Comments (40)
bimm3d
wonderful place, gorgeous photo!!!!
Faemike55
Great shot! Love the series you've been showing us! Thank you for sharing!
renecyberdoc
the jungle is so dense and you present this series of shots very well.
shadownet
Once again I am privileged to visit these wonderful places via your camera. :O)
virginiese
exceptional landscape ! Nice harbour and capture sig ! Thanks for your favorite :-)
andrewl
Beautiful scene :)
lyron
Beautiful picture!!
myrrhluz
Beautiful, lush landscape! Great capture! I've really been enjoying your pictures of your tripand all of your information!
bazza
Lovely photo, great landscape, what a great place to be able to visit, well done!!
durleybeachbum
What a place! Thankyou for sharing!
farmerC
Shining work.
Alex_Antonov
Excellent!
moni2000
beautiful landscape!
flavia49
wonderful landscape!!
carlx
Wonderful and very lovely place!!! Fantastic capture!!!
tpx1
beautiful capture
auntietk
The terrain there is gorgeous. The dock is interesting ... so many things to see ... but it's hard to tear my eyes away from those hills!
erlandpil
Great shot! erland
casmindo
nice shot love the jungle
tofi
Sensational capture and atmosphere! This landscape is aboslutely sensational, I could only wish to be somewhere like this..... seems like a paradise! What a gorgeous view of the hilltops, covered in green...... could just imagine sloping down one of these in the winter time :)
PIERRE25
Vue superbe, belle photo!
frankie96
Traveling vicariously is fun....thanks....
annie5
A wonderful place to visit..the atmosphere and capture are fantastic! Great one Sig :)
psyoshida
Beautiful mountains. Excellent shot.
emmecielle
Thank you for sharing with us this fascinating journey, Sig! Even this picture is outstanding! :)
jascorpio
i'm fascinated too, the place and what you explain under each image made me hooked to the beautyof this place. Thanks to you, it is a beautiful place and you are sharing its beauty with us. 5+++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Minda
very beautiful place and excellent capture sig...
Alz2008
Wonderful capture and scene, excellent well done..
flora-crassella
wunderschöne Landschaft!
kgb224
Wonderful capture and thank you for sharing this series and your thoughts of this Island.