December 22-23, 2000

December 22-23, 2000

Our Tahiti adventure has come to an early end. We are back in Papeete where we disembark. Since we were the first to arrive, we are the first to leave. We need to have our bags packed early and vacate our room before lunch. We spend a long afternoon at a local hotel waiting for our late evening flight back to LA.

We loved Tahiti. It was a dream come true. Our cruise ship, R3, was operated by Renaissance. We really enjoyed this cruise line as they were moderately priced, very organized, non-smoking, and allowed open seating at dinner. That meant we could eat dinner anytime, seating us at the next open table. We weren’t constrained by a set timetable. Unfortunately it was too good to be true and less than twelve months later, Renaissance was out of business a victim of the aftershock of 9/11.