I missed the San Jose Grand Prix, again. Not that it’s really a problem. Unlike last year, where I just sat on the couch the entire weekend, missing both the Grand Prix and the Garlic Festival, this year I opted for a cooler end of July weekend. I headed for […]
Monthly Archives: July 2006
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I’ve long wanted to do a photo series on the south, but never could figure out exactly what I would do. Whatever it was, I wanted to portray the south in a good light — portray my culture as I see it, not as much of the rest of […]
If anyone is wondering why the frog is in some of the pictures — He’s the Spotless Cleaners Frog from Johnson City, Tennessee. He apparently hopped in my bag as I was leaving Tennessee and hitched a ride to Tahiti. Only then did he hop out and make his presence […]
Ahhh… the real airport! How silly of me to think the place we landed and were picked up was the airport! So where is this real airport located? Well, instead of taking a left at the road, you take a right. And we had actually rode by it on the […]
Our last day on the island we visited a pearl farm. We boarded the boat and zoomed across the lagoon, getting a good look at the huts/houses built out in the middle. Some were decrepit, some were veritable mansions. As we pulled up at the farm, the first thing I […]
Who would have guessed some free bread would entertain us for hours? It did, and that’s no exaggeration. We made friends with these fishies, to the point that we could just splash our hands in the water and they would come over. But it was awesome with the bread, because […]
“Where can you go on the island?”“You can take the road — left or right.” I’ve been wanting to ride a bike since February. Now if we could just get the bikes before the Frowning French Foursome (just kidding, but the one couple just looked so unhappy the entire trip). […]
While sitting on the deck one afternoon, I noticed a stretch of beach a distance away and thought we should go check it out. I had decided we could easily wade through the water at the places the beach seemed to disappear. So off we went, towel and sunscreen in […]
The rest of the days in Manihi sort of blurred together. They were fun, to be sure. We moved from spot to spot sunning, making fun of the French that looked as if it were such a bother for them to be in this paradise. So, for now I’ll just […]
Let’s see, where was I… Oh yes! The Manihi Airport! Day 2 of our travels. So we land, and all we see is a small almost-hut. It’s a shady spot with some thatching over it and a couple of benches. So, to recap, hut, mini-runway strip next to ocean, and […]