A Crash Course in Raiatea: A Photo Journal.

I went on a 4 hour guided tour of the small island of Raiatea in French Polynesia. It was guided by a local Tahitian woman on a 4X4 truck with some of the other ship's passengers. Here are some photos/descriptions of what we saw...

Driving by a large bay in Raiatea.

Looking up the river onto Mt. Tapi Oi

A small taro plantation.

A local ginger root merchant.

Working on the  banana plantation.

Our guide getting really excited about vanilla beans.

The tour prepared some local fresh fruit for us.

From the furthest coming forward: Breadfruit chips, Banana, Coconut, Something, Grapefruit, Papaya, Star fruit, Mango, Pineapple and local Avocado.

Noni Fruit.

Explaining local history at Taputapuatea.

Sacred Tahitian relics at Taputapuatea.

Used for human sacrifice at Taputapuatea.

Pearl Farm.