2019 Papeete

My blog on the famous Papeete market and the sushi joint will be up in a different blog. Here's the map of the 3 areas.

We walked towards the ocean to catch the sunset.

The main waterfront road is Boulevard de la Reine Pōmare IV. It's named after the queen.

November 29th 2019. Tonight is 1 week into the summer down in the southern hemisphere. But the French are Catholic and celebrate with some Christmas decorations just like the USA.

The French Navy is here.

At 6:30PM the waterfront area is full of families enjoying the food truck festival.

2019 Tahiti Wakame Sushi Restaurant

Great local joint

My wife and I were hungry and the resto was walking distance from our hotel. The surrounding area isnt that nice but we came here for sushi not tourist suouvenir shops. I spoke in French that we would like to pay by credit. Apparently the staff immediately knew I was American and referred me to Dominique the owner who lived near San Francisco for 6 months. He speaks excellent English. The plates on the conveyor belt have covers to keep away insects. We came in at 5:30PM. Around 30 minutes later it was almost filled with locals. That's my standard of a resto when locals frequent a place rather than one time tourists. We had 12 items from the conveyer belt. Salmon, tuna, and local fish nigiri and sashimi, and rolls. We did not order the specialty rolls which ranged $14-$20USD. We had 12 plates x 650xpf was the cost or $75 usd. The crew gave us a larger specialty and two spicy tuna hand rolls gratis (no charge). The crew made french fries for the families with kids. The sushi was good and we plan eat here again on our next trip.

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2019 PPT to SFO Returning Home

The journey was long. We left the hotel at 5AM and go to PPT in 10 minutes with almost no car traffic. The lines to check in was so looooooong. I was selected to have my backpack searched and my bWdody swabbed for explosive chemical traces. Well that was slightly unconfortable. 

There are so many beautiful islands under us. Some are for sale! I think I can squat on one of these for my retirement. This picture is the wing of our A350. These beauties are made from carbon fiber and the trailing edges resemble sanurai swords.

We "decollage" take off around 8AM after a 40 minute delay due to stringent security screenings. No doubt caused by the terrorist attack in London.

We "aterrer" landed in SFO at 6PM

I dont have a picture of the monitor showing the external camera during touchdown. But the wind from the ocean was so strong that the plane was not parallel with the runway. The nose was noticeably pointed towards the wind. The pilot skills and plane design were incredible.