Welcome to Paradise!

After several weeks of hard class work and many hours spent flying, we have officially landed in Tahiti! We were greeted by three men playing ukeleles and a woman passing out flowers for our hair. After flying from Cleveland to LA then on to Tahiti, and after making it through security and claiming our backage, we were officially welcome to Tahiti when we were each given flower lei's. After catching a ferry over to Moorea a little time to relax before it was time for lunch and we were off on our first adventure! We drove to Belvedere, a gorgeous outlook over the entire island, and then hiked around the mountain sightseeing and taking pictures. However, a hike was just not enough for our first afternoon abroad, so we decided to go snorkeling! After snorkeling we went back to the base, ate dinner and went on a night hike. Our main goal of the night hike was to see what species of geckos were out and about. We also ended up finding three giant centipedes, a humongous spider and a four foot long eel! It was a great first day and we cannot wait to see what the rest of the trip has to offer (after a good nights sleep that is :))! -Lexi Milan