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French Polynesia 2005: People Images

Images of people from a trip to French Polynesia in April of 2005. Trip includes a 14-day live-aboard dive trip aboard the M/V Akademik Shokalskiy with Mike McDowell, Ron and Valerie Taylor, and Douglas Seifert. Also included photos from a private extension to Moorea with Douglas, Krissy, Ron, and Valerie. Full journal can be found at http://echeng.com/travel/frenchpolynesia2005/
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The bus ride to our ship
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The bus ride to our ship

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  • Carine Howald greets us from the boat (Fakarava North Pass Drift)
  • Dive instructors Natalie and Stephane, Rangiroa
  • TOPdive staff Stephane and Natalie, Rangiroa
  • TOPdive Rangiroa's facilities
  • TOPdive Rangiroa's facilities
  • Lucien Schmidlin with humpback snapper (Lutjanus gibbus) (Rangiroa, North Pass Corner)
  • Stephane Revest, Lucien Schmidlin, Natalie, and me (TOPdive Rangiroa)
  • Lucien Schmidlin in the back of the TOPdive Land Rover, Rangiroa
  • The Tatoosh megayacht, owned by Paul Allen (Rangiroa)
  • Lucien Schmidlin demonstrates his creative method for eating caviar (Casablanca, Tahiti)
  • Susan and Chip Scarlett at the Sheraton Tahiti
  • The bus ride to our ship
  • Barret and Regis board the Akademik Shokalskiy in Tahiti
  • Suzanne, J.P., and Rocky on the top deck of the Shokalskiy, Tahiti
  • Ron Taylor photographs Jenny Cornish, Valerie Taylor, and Marti Georgeff on the top of the Shokalskiy, Tahiti
  • Mike McDowell gives us a briefing on the Akademik Shokalskiy
  • Mike McDowell introduces staff members aboard the Shokalskiy
  • Marti dons her lifevest for the emergency drill.
  • Rocky, in the life boat.
  • Jerry, Belinda, Wes, and Seb roast in the Shokalskiy's covered life boat.
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