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Published: November 10th 2008
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We started the day with yet another serving of baguette and nutella (it’s starting to get boring now!). Then it was down to the beach to enjoy the view and enjoy the novelty of doing crossword together (they were in the OK magazines I’d grabbed from the rack). They were US mags which made them really difficult as the clues were mostly about US reality tv stars we’d never heard of but that didn’t stop us from giving it a go.
Once we’d got too hot we walked into the lagoon but even after wading out quite far it was only up to our knees so we gave up and jumped in the swimming pool instead. Vlad saw us swimming and came over and brought us a coconut with two straws.
By late morning the weather was starting to turn and all of a sudden a rain shower came down and we ducked under cover. It only lasted a couple of minutes and was a refreshing change from the hot sunshine.
For lunch we both went for the plate de jour which today was white tuna. I’m really not a fan of fish but I’ve been getting used
to it, although I still can’t say I enjoy it. The daily special was the cheapest thing on there (1600 francs or £10.60) so I thought I’d give it a go. It was good value as we got some really big chunks of fried tuna and a big stack of fries. Afterwards it took at least a couple of hours to get over the fullness so that we could go out on the kayaks.
The weather was still strange; the sky was cloudy and it looked like it could rain at any moment. We thought this might be easlier for kayaking than hot sunshine, but unfortunately there was a stong wind with it. While the choppier water was still present in other parts of the lagoon, the area around our motu was relatively calm so we headed out in a double canoe to the left of our resort with the intention of going to the end of the motu. We knew there was a great beach as we'd visited it on the lagoon tour the previous week. Unfortunately we only got about twenty minutes in when we realised that no matter how hard we were paddling, we weren’t really
going very far against the wind. It didn’t help that since we'd turned a corner, and come out of the sheltered area, waves kept crashing over the front of the canoe and soaking us through. We decided to turn around, pleased that it was going to be easier on the way back with the wind behind us. When the rain came down we knew it was time to call it a day.
Dinner tonight was last nights lobster as Vlad had asked us in the morning whether he should freeze them all or keep one out for us. We checked how much it would be (2800f or £18.60) before we agreed we’d give it a go. It was served with a bowl of rice, the longest green beans you’ve ever seen (they went right around a large dinner plate one and a half times!) and some other vegetables, including potatoes which was a real novelty as we hadn’t had any for weeks (apart from in chip form!)
It was the first time we’d had lobster and it actually tasted as I expected - quite chewy and sweet like prawns. We were both glad we’d tried it at long
last.
A heavy rain shower came down again, and Vlad showed us the weather satellite image on his computer. It didn’t look great as bad weather was passing both sides of Bora Bora.
We’ve accepted that while we’re here we’re just going to relax and go with the flow. I feel sorry for Vlad though - he obviously wants us to be able to do things and is so desperate for us not to get bored. We keep telling him we’re happy with the beach and the pool but he keeps trying to think up activities we can do. Tomorrow he’s suggested taking us over to the mainland with the canoe and dropping us off so that we can canoe back.
We're just happy being here. Everything about this place is perfect.
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