Mike and I are sitting on our patio on the island of Moorea. We’ve been here a couple nights and are blending in nicely to island life. We are staying at Les Tipaniers.  A perfect example of not having to spend much (under $ 75 USD) for great accommodations.  Most all the places (on the island) come with a lively chicken population. We have restrained ourselves and named only one; “Bob” He is an adolescent, not particularly attractive and certainly not cute like the little chicks bobbing about.  He gets our baguette crumbs. You have to be very careful and feed him in front of your neighbors, so the furry of petty arguments are not at your door step.

In the morning we get a loaner bike and ride to “petite village”.  Tomorrow I’m getting a different bike, I was lucky to make it home today as the black bike with the black lock has major steering problems.  Tomorrow I’m getting the red bike with the blue lock, it’s much better but was gone today when we needed bikes.  Today we had to tie the bunch of pineapples onto Mike’s handlebars. This caused additional steering problems for him.

So if you are in the area, I highly recommend Hotel Les Tipaniers. A short inexpensive ferry ride from Payette (45 minutes), great beach, nice people, exceptional digs.