We have done the ultimate Polynesian picture perfect thing today! We followed Oso Blanco over to the west side of Tahaa to the motu (small island) Tautau. The channel is 100 plus feet and the reef is about 8 to 12 feet of pure white sand. Oso Blanco bravely pokes his nose onto the sandy reef and reports that he still has 2.5 feet under his keel, so come on in. Wow - 2.5 feet under the keel!! This is picture perfect, these two, 100 ton boats, suspended on the turquoise water over the pure white sand, their shadows perfectly reflected on the bottom and mere feet away, the dark blue depths of the channel. We immediately don our snorkel gear and plunge into the water, yep, only 2.5 feet under the keel. It gives Glen goose bumps to see the boat's bottom so close to the ground (me too actually) big problems if we drag anchor. But it is too pretty to even contemplate this kind of problem. We find a ray gliding around on the sand, some large white puffer fish and a couple of huge cow fish. Our own swimming pool.
We spend the balance of the day snorkeling. We head over to the motu as there is supposed to be wonderful snorkeling there, but we must have missed the spot as mediocre is the best description for it. We try to get a reservation for dinner at the resort on the island (the best in all of Polynesia - supposedly) but they can't get us in so we have the Oso bunch over for snacks and drinks and a good visit.
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