We opted for the included walking tour of the city. Sights along the way included the Town Hall, the Catholic cathedral, the public market, Bougainville Park and numerous and colorful murals on sides of buildings.
The French Polynesian islands are famous for black pearls. The pearls are cultured by implanting a nucleus in a live oyster. The oyster coats the nucleus in the same substance that makes up the inside of the oyster shell, what we know as mother of pearl. The harvested pearls differ in size, color, and density of the nucleus. The colors range from gray to black to a gorgeous peacock green.
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