We took the first tender to the island to attend Xmas service in the local Protestant church. It was nice but very loooong. The church was very simple, white, but decorated with lots and lots of colorful tropical flowers. A lot of women were dressed up and wearing typical hand-made hats in many different colors. We had about an hour before the beginning of the services so we walked along the road together with a French couple originally from Paris, but now living in Papeete for a few years and working for the French government. They told us a lot of interesting things about the life on the islands. Taha’a is a very small island with only about 5,000 inhabitants. We liked it better than Bora Bora. It looks more prosperous with much nicer houses and cars. It’s also very picturesque and not as touristy. We left the mass after 1.5 hours to get back to the ship. The French couple left after 2 hours to catch the last shuttle back to the ship and told us the service was still going on…The rest of the day was spent at the cruise line’s private island (motu) in a spectacular emerald lagoon. They prepared a huge Christmas buffet. They even has a Santa in full Christmas gear for the kids. It was a gorgeous sunny Christmas day of eating, drinking, sunning, swimming.. .
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