Tahiti, 2025, Day 4

As part of a credit card perk we get free breakfast at the Hilton Resort. Since I’ve been diving early the last two days I’ve missed out. This morning I dug in to a nice breakfast. Great way to start the day. I got to briefly say hello to my dive buddy’s family at breakfast and tell them what a terrific diver their son is. They were all very kind.

As you can see from the picture above we went paddle boarding! Mike and I have been wanting to try this forever and this was the perfect place for it. The lagoon is nice and calm and today’s weather was slightly breezy and cloudy at times. This made it very comfortable to paddle around. We picked it up very quickly thanks to the several YouTube tip videos we watched before coming here. I fell in twice. It was great fun. I think we’ll do it again before we leave.

We stayed out for an hour or so before heading in to get washed up. There was a slight breeze so we decided it might be a good time to head up to Belvedere Lookout. I was hoping the breeze would keep the mosquitoes away, plus cooler.

The drive up was pretty easy. While we were taking in the view 30 French Army personnel came marching out of the jungle with big automatic weapons. Looked like it was some sort of exercise. We followed their big military vehicles back down the hill then headed off to lunch.

Everyone we talked with suggested Snack Mahana for lunch. It was hopping busy and the best lunch we’ve had so far. I had the Poisson Cru (ahi, lime, coconut milk, cucumbers) which was excellent and Mike and I split a pineapple juice which was a deliciously fresh and almost Smoothy in consistency. Yum!

Back to the resort for a nap and then sunset watching.

Another beautiful sunset. The weather today made the day so much nicer. An almost constant light breeze and time to time clouds made for a much cooler time in the tropics.

Dinner was at the crepe place again though we opted to sit out there tonight. Mike and I split a delicious mahi mahi crepe and a Nutella crepe.