Our Day at The Motu In Tahiti

“Where are we going today?” I asked my Nana. She said that we were going on a boat to a Motu, the family we are staying with owns a part of it she said. A Motu is a small island off Tubuai, Tahiti.

We drove to the wharf where the two boats, a blue one and a green one both small, were waiting for us.The family started putting the food and things on the boats. When that was finished we hopped onto the boats and they started them up.

Water splashing every where, I looked out of the small green boat and saw the Motu. “ Look Khaia, its the Motu!” Starting to slow down, the driver told us that we had to jump off the side of the boat because it couldn't go to shore. Finally we stopped and I jumped off the side of the boat.I started to worry because I thought it was going o be deep. SPLASH! It was a huge splash, it wasn’t so deep after all. I walked in the water to the site where we were going to spend the day at. I looked around and there was nobody in site accept us.

I dropped the things I was carrying and ran into the water. I splashed and swam but the problem was it was too shallow. I went a little bit out more but then it was too cold so then I went back.

We had lunch, swam a bit more then it was time to go. Walking back to the boat, I saw a crab in the water. The boat started and we were off. I found out that we were going back on the last week that we were there back to the Motu.

We ended up staying for another 3 nights 2 days. The shelter was just two tarpauline pieces, one on the ground and one covering us. Everyday the people that fed us went to work then came back with food. They brought Corned beef and milk with some cereals. we had corned beef soup for dinner then we went to sleep. A motor powered the lights so it went on all night.

In the morning we had Milo and bread for breakfast then went out to go snorkelling. I went to the deep end and saw a lot of little fishes all white. I also saw a little baby Paua. A paua is an oyster but a lot bigger. For lunch we had rice and fish. I went to do some laps in the water but then it was time to get changed.

Dinner we had corned beef soup again. We had the same thing for breakfast and same thing for lunch but for dinner we had chicken cooked on the fire. It was dusk and we just got on the boat to go back home. It was a great 2 days on the motu and I loved it. I love Tahiti and I miss it so much! I hope to return in the future with my family.