FARARAVA, FRENCH POLYNESIA  (22nd day of our journey)

Fararava is known as "Mother Nature's ultimate sanctuary"' it is a natural reserve to many rare species of birds, plants and crustaceans.
We awoke to a gray rainy day, it was, however, warm and the day was promising. We dressed for swimming, took our snorkel gear and we went ashore in Tenders.
It was raining most of the time that we were on the island, but it truly did not matter. Polynesian dancers were waiting to greet us when we arrived to the dock and we instantly forgot about the weather.
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We walked along the road, no crowds, that hugged the shoreline made up of white sand and after much deliberation since, the entire area was beautiful, we finally chose a spot to darner gear and wade in. The water is a clear aquamarine and full of live reefs! The sea life could care less that we had come to visit. The snorkeling was amazing! Also, we have never snorkeled in the rain before and it certainly added another dimension...this was fun.