Like Canada, today was a holiday in Tahiti. Everything was closed down, so we figured it was a good day to go see some natural sites.
Our first stop was at Point Venus (where we originally anchored when we got to Tahiti). This is where Captain Cook originally landed when he came to Tahiti back in the 1700's.
There was a really nice black sand beach there with a little beach-soccer field.
The next stop was 'Les Trois Cascades" (The Three Waterfalls). We had to do a small hike before arriving at the first one.
The water was flowing much better than the waterfall we hiked to on Fatu Hiva.
The other two waterfalls were located a bit further down the trail.
They were also flowing rather nicely.
It said "no swimming, falling rocks", but that didn't seem to stop anyone.
The final stop today was at the blowhole. There was this little hole in the side of the road that would explosively shoot air out every time a big waves crashed against the shore. It was really powerful.
This was the old road that went around the mountain here, but the blowhole has been slowly destroying it.
They have built a tunnel through the mountain a bit further away which people use now.
Down by the water you see the actual blowhole, which would explode with water and air whenever a wave crashed ashore.
I creepily filmed a local fisher boy trying to catch some fish in the waves with a bamboo rod.
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