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Thank you FlightMedic! I do not have an excursion set yet for Huahine so Marc’s tour is a very good option for me. I hate to miss the Children of Huahine, though. It sounds wonderful. All sounds good for Morea also. Thank you for sharing all of your insight!

Hello FlightMedic! Thank you so much for such good advice! It really is great to know now that all of the piers are short enough for me to walk. And I did plan to do some snorkeling tours, but never gave a thought to the type of boat they use. Yes, a small speedboat would be way too bumpy! I will stick with the PG excursions. Thanks again!

Hello Leejnd4! Thank you so much for your valuable input! I guess I won’t do the 4 X 4 tour. I’ll just have to laze at our hotel while my husband goes and gets all the pictures! I might still try the ATV tour on Moorea. I hate to give that up. But I will do more research on that before deciding. Thank you so much for the video. Yes, I can see how bumpy and potentially damaging to the back it could be. Fascinating video! Beautiful scenery, and how about those land crabs! I was hoping the piers would be shorter, so thanks for verifying that. All of this information really helps me!

Hello Nancy! Thank you so much! I have searched and searched and couldn’t find anything as detailed as your Google Maps distance measuring. I even emailed Le Bora Bora about 2 weeks ago with my question but haven’t received a reply. I can do 1,213 ft which is about 1/5 of a mile! So that is a great relief to know! Now maybe I can use that feature too to figure the walking distances from ship to ground transportation at each port. Again I thank you so much for that information. I hope your new knee works out great for you! Happy travels to you as well! Valerie

Hello! When my husband and I booked this dream 16-day late July vacation 10 months ago, I was fully mobile. Now, after being diagnosed with lumbar spinal stenosis in February, I do have some questions. First, about my mobility situation, I can walk, at a relatively fast clip, for 1/3 mile and not much more, before having to sit down. It is tougher for me to walk at a more leisurely pace so I guess maybe I can do 1/5 mile at that slower pace. Standing in line is tough for me too, after about 2 minutes. I do have a great aid for myself and that is a walking cane that I can open up to a seat. So if I am standing in line and can’t take it anymore, I can open up my “cane seat” and sit for a minute or two and get relief. Or after walking for that 1/3 mile, I can then sit even if there are no seats or benches in sight. I am not concerned at all about walking around on the Paul Gauguin cruise ship itself. I can do short distances easily. I can also climb stairs fine and can get in and out of tenders easily. One of my main concerns is walking along the docks to get to the ship at each port. Some of those in the Caribbean are very long, so I’m wondering about Tahiti and the Society Islands. So here are my questions: 1. How long is the dock/pier in Tahiti to embark the Paul Gauguin? 2. How long are the docks/piers at each of the stops on my cruise, at Huahine, Taha’a, Bora Bora, and Moorea? We also have an after cruise extension in the overwater bungalows at Le Bora Bora resort. 3. How long is the walk from the resort’s lobby to one of the far end overwater bungalows? 4. Or is there maybe a golf cart shuttle to take us there? Now a question about some excursions we have signed up for. 5. We are on for a 4 x 4 tour of the Island of Tahiti. My question here is not about mobility, but just about wear and tear on my back. I will bring a lumbar support pillow. On Moorea we are also doing a 2 person ATV. Will that be enough cushioning to go on these rather bumpy rides? Thank you so much for any information you can give me!