Circumnavigate the island by car

Brian and Richard rented a car so we could see more of the island than Papeete, yay! We got an early start and headed south out of the marina. The first stop was a cool Polynesian museum but with an entry fee of $10 a person we ended up skipping that. There's plenty of cool archeological stuff to see just pulling over on the side of the road.

We saw some really cool gardens with little plaques talking about the plants; I finally found out how to spell pamplemousse! At the gardens we hiked up a little ways and got a great view of the lagoon.

After that we stopped by some ancient ruins. It was pretty much some old stone walls--the real attraction was the coconut and breadfruit we picked. I was prepared for Ben to do some dirtbag foraging and had brought baggies just in case; Brian was not excited about the prospect of dirty fruit in his rental car until I pulled out the bags.

Ben's other foraging didn't turn out so tasty: he found a completely green starfruit. They taste almost like a sour patch kids candy. But more sour!

Not much else to write about, enjoy the pictures:

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Tiny little rental car. Ben tried to pick it up at one point.

 

 

Looking at the plants growing on the palm tree. It looked like lichen. I wonder if it only grows on the south side of the trees in this hemisphere.