Ailsa’s travel theme this week is sunset. In 2009 I spent four days in Tahiti with a girlfriend.
Tahiti is the only place in the world where I have seen a chocolate sunset, the one that I caught above in the header.
On our last day we traveled around the island. We saw the Point Venus Lighthouse which was built by Robert Louis Stevenson’s father. As I stood there looking at this piece of Tahitian history the sun began her journey to the other side of the world and cloaked the lighthouse in a warm blanket of light.
To the grandiose farewell of the setting sun we made out way back in to Papeete.
Click on the image to really see Tahiti’s beauty
I really LOVE the lighthouse and the sunset is stunning.
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Thanks Gemma…it was stunning to watch.
Gorgeous!
That’s Tahiti for you !!!!
It’s awesome.
We thought so as we sat and watched it happen.
How did Tahiti feel to you, Jo? Mom always tells me how much she loved it way back when.
What a lovely set of pictures…and oohh, how i love the idea of a chocolate sunset!!! Thank you!!
I loved it Brynne. I really want to go back now that I know more. Rent a house instead of staying at a resort. We followed the locals around to supermarkets/eateries and it was so wonderful. The people are fabulous. Caught the local buses instead of tourist buses…hired a car one day (this day) and went to places most tourists don’t bother. It is such a wonderful place if you really look…
Beautiful photos
Thanks – it is hard not to take a beautiful shot in Tahiti.
Places on my bucket list that remain to be seen. Beautiful.
Do go Angeline. But follow the locals to find the great places. Tahiti is sooooooooo much more than the resorts if you take the time to look.
Wow, I love RLS and lighthouses. And that sunset is AMAZING. Thanks for sharing that. I have to put Tahiti in my planner for future visits…
You must. But look beyond the touristy things…and you will not be disappointed.
Magical
Oh Gilly it really is…I loved Tahiti so much more than I ever thought I would. Had lots to do with the person I went with too…she is so easy to travel with…no fuss, no bother…and not in to tourist stuff.
Awesome sunset!
It really was Barb…it really was. As if Tahiti was saying goodbye to us in style.
Oh, beautiful. My parents are in Tahiti at the moment (returning home tomorrow). I was already looking forward to seeing their photos – now I’m extra excited.
I hope they were as lucky as we were…if you leave the touristy things alone and follow the locals…it is magical.
These are two lovely images!
Thanks…it is a magical place…hard not to take lovely images.
Love that: Chocolate Sunset!
It was something to see…I fell a little bit in love with it I think. So unique.
Great shots Jo! Love the second one the best.
Thanks Jennifer. Me to (2nd shot) but I wanted to show a bit of Tahiti’s history. While I did know that Robert Louis Stevenson was there, I found it fascinating that his Dad was too and built this on the island. I love history/mythology – especially when my feet is touching the soil where it happened.
I want to be there now!!!!!!!!!!
Me too !!!!!!!
Wow, these colors of your second picture…!
Tahiti was impressive in more ways than one.
Truly magical shots Jo!
It was a truly magical place Madhu.
I can’t wax lyrical enough about Tahiti…I fell in love while there with every pulse of that beautiful island.
You are making me want to check airfares to Tahiti
If you ever get the chance – go. But check it out before. If I ever go back I would try to rent a house/apartment I think…and stay away from the touristy things. Follow the locals for food…restaurants/supermarkets…and go to the night food market for dinner. Drive down the island to where the real people live. Hire a car or catch the local buses…though remember they don’t run on Sundays. That is where the beauty in Tahiti lies…in the real people and where they live.
Thanks for the tips Jo!
Just take me with you…
You are welcome to join us if we ever make it
Awwwwww…happy now
Wonderful photo’s Jo, you have a great eye for capturing Magical Moments..
Sue
Thanks Sue…but this was all Tahiti’s magic. It was truly hard not to take a great photo of this…it was soooooooo beautiful to watch.
I’d travel there just to see that sunset in the photo above.
It was worth it but there is so much more to see that is amazing.
That chocolate sunset is just breath-taking, Jo! That should be your header every day…lol. Truly is amazing the range of colors that can be present in a sunrise or sunset. There is no better artist than Mother Nature!
You got that right…she is the most wonderful artist in the universe.
God how I hope Rodriguez come to tour here one day.
I’d forgotten the magnificence of some of the songs.
Thank you
Ooh Tahiti, I’ve always longed to visit, Jo. Wonderful photos, that sunset is insane and that lighthouse is so cool, I love it!
Thanks Ailsa. Go there. I loved the place…much, much more than I thought I would.
Can you stop doing whatever you do on a day to day basis, and travel the world taking beautiful pictures to share with me? I would really like that, thanks.
can I second that? with a minor addendum which states that she has to come take pictures near her other two berries…very first of all:)
Oh guys…she would love to. but the animals might have something to say about that proposal…and not good eitheer.
The Tahitian sunset in your photo is magnificent. I submitted a sunset photo from Noumea which I thought was pretty different, but yours is really something special. Thanks for showing us what it’s like in Tahiti.
Thank you Trish. I was lucky to be there to see it.
I loved Tahiti, and that chocolate sunset is amazing.
It sure was…when were you in Tahiti ??
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