le Belvédere

the view after the rain passed and the sun went down
our favorite restaurant
taken just as the mist and rain lifted-looking down to the ferry and the airport
at the top of Papeete
the end of our lovely stay in Tahiti...we left the ferry at 3 PM and were headed to the airport to sit till 11PM take-off when I looked up things to do in Papeete. One of the suggestions was dinner at Le Belvédere. Little did we know the adventure ahead of us, but it made our trip complete. Under grey drizzly skies, our bus driver offered to take us to the restaurant after we missed a connecting bus. Winding 27 hairpin turns in a lush jungle of vegetation, 600 metres above the bay of Papeete, we reached the spectacular restaurant. As our meal of beef fondue arrived the mist rose to offer us the awsome view of Moorea, the ferry landing, and the airport...it was dazzling. We won't soon forget this magical spot.