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An Islands Paradise
From Our Own Correspondent
PAPEETE, November 20.
TOURISTS intending to visit the Eastern Pacific will be interested to learn that there is now an excellent accommodation house on the Island of Moorea.
Moorea—or Eimeo, as it was called when Herman Melville made it famous in his book, “Omeo,” nearly a hundred years ago—is separated from Tahiti by a channel a dozen miles or so across and it is on the picturesque north coast that Capt. Wainwright has established an up-to-date hostelry, a resort that is already becoming exceedingly popular amongst those who have been fortun ate enough to discover it.
Here, where the bay of Faatoai pene trates deeply into the land and pro vides smooth water for all sorts of aquatic amusements, is an ideal place
for a holiday, the whole year round.
With water at a temperature of 80 degrees, and glorious weather most of the time, the seeker after health or pleasure can laze away day after day, on a white sand beach, with no more equipment than a minimum of cloth ing and a liberal supply of coconut oil which turns sunburn into a healthy tan.
Add to these attractions the unbeliev able colours of the lagoon, the rich verdure of the tropics all around, and the fantastic skyline in the background and it is hard to imagine a more unique or enticing place in which to spend a vacation. At the Faatoai Hotel the jaded man of business, troubled with insomnia, will sleep serenely to the crooning of the reef, and find all the comforts he has become accustomed to.