Tahiti Day 212

That's it. I've died and gone to heaven for three whole days. This place is exquisite - calm, clear, warm water teeming with fish from tiny electric blue minnows, 3 foot long blue pipe fish and angel fish the size of dinner plates. Our rooms open onto a beautiful garden surrounded on three sides by the sea, the children rush out each morning to feed the fish and the many crabs that creep around. Our days are spent floating in the pool - which we have mostly to ourselves - or bobbing around in the sea - Zac goggling (i.e. snorkelling without a snorkel) for hours on end, Martin kayaking around the bay and me toasting myself in the sunshine.

Our hotel is well equipped for self catering, which makes a welcome relief after so much time having to eat out continually (I may have to remind myself of this thought when I am home and having to cook every night!) and also because it is quite expensive here (about double what you could expect to pay in most expensive places around the world).

We rented a car for a day and did a trip around the island (about a three hour non-stop trip) but the kids were not really into a car trip and it was too hot with little to see so we went back to the luxury of our hotel and chilled out some more. I could definitely get used to this.