http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/French-Polynesia/Bora-Bora/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Oceania , French Polynesia , Bora Bora en-us Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:25:10 BST Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:25:10 BST I made a mental note of how beautiful the mountain looked in the bright morning sunshine as we walked down for breakfast. Vlad came over and explained to us that he wouldnrsquot be able to take us directly to the airport motu in his speedboat as it was still too choppy over that part of the island. Hersquod tried to find someone else with a bigger boat but couldnrsquot so instead he explain http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/French-Polynesia/Bora-Bora/blog-330933.html We spent most of the morning using Skype to call our families then spent some time lying on our sun loungers on the beach. I kept trying to take in the view and make the most of it as we havenrsquot got long left here. Around lunchtime we headed to the pool to cool off and had some lunch. To walk off some of the food we headed down the jetty to watch the fish and found a ladder at the botto http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/French-Polynesia/Bora-Bora/blog-330932.html Well the honeymoon saga has begun. As I have worked in travel for years I have been very spoilt and the search is on for a honeymoon next year that is acceptable to both of us Byf being equally well travelled. At the moment we are thinking of San Fran followed by some chilling time on a beach in Bora Bora but the man at an unmentionable travel agency beginning with K has not sent our prices http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/French-Polynesia/Bora-Bora/blog-329409.html We went down for breakfast again but Matt still couldnrsquot face any food so just had a coffee I munched my way through a big basket of bread and a plate of tropical fruit. After breakfast we spent a couple of hours in the bar using the internet to do some research on camper vans for New Zealand then packed ourselves a bag so that we could take the kayaks out. Today we got a bit further as th http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/French-Polynesia/Bora-Bora/blog-321622.html Today I actually managed to drag Matt down for breakfast as I thought we should see what it was like. He decided to just have a coffee as he couldnrsquot face any food. Breakfast consisted of a basket of bread jams cheese ham yoghurts fruit juice and a plate of fresh tropical fruit. It was really tasty but should have been as it cost over 13 After eating for what felt like at least an http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/French-Polynesia/Bora-Bora/blog-320772.html We ate one of our baguettes for breakfast saving us 26 as thatlsquos how much the breakfast of bread jam cheese and coffee costs here for two and I headed down to the beach to read some of the magazines I'd grabbed from the rack at the bar. It was strange reading about what was going on in the real world as wersquove felt removed from it for the past few weeks.Around 9.30am we Skpyed Ma http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/French-Polynesia/Bora-Bora/blog-320766.html We woke up before 7am and looked out hoping to see the cat. He wasnrsquot there so we walked to the shop and bought some more tasty pain au chocolates for breakfast and some other bits of food and drink to take over to Eden Beach as we were expecting it to be expensive over there.I was sure wersquod see the cat when we ate breakfast outside our bungalow as he usually appears when he senses f http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/French-Polynesia/Bora-Bora/blog-320759.html I canrsquot believe that itrsquos September already Today we got up early for us at 7am because we wanted to go to the shop for some croissants and baguettes before we went to the spa plus if you get there any later than 8am theyrsquove mostly sold out of everything. We went outside our bungalow and heard a meow and the little ginger cat who wersquod stroked a few times appeared loo http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/French-Polynesia/Bora-Bora/blog-320689.html Having had an expensive trip yesterday we decided to have a quiet beach day today. Matt is gutted that itrsquos too hot to climb the mountain here but after melting on an hour walking to the shops and back at 9am it made me realise there was no way I want to try walking far in this heat let alone up a mountainWe popped into the shop hoping theyrsquod have baguettes or croissants but they di http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/French-Polynesia/Bora-Bora/blog-320685.html Our lagoon tour started at 9.30am and the small motorised outrigger canoe picked us up from the little beach by our bungalow. We picked up about eight more people from the hotel a bit further along the beach before heading out to the Coral Garden. On the way there the lady running the tour welsquoll call her Helena because we canlsquot quite remember her actual name and the guy sailing the http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/French-Polynesia/Bora-Bora/blog-319931.html Actually we didnrsquot ache at all today which was strange but we still decided to have a relaxing day to make up for all the walking yesterday.We went to the reception and chatted to Martine about which trips were best. She turned us off the ones wersquod been thinking of doing and instead we found ourselves booking one for tomorrow that we hadnrsquot considered that she said was amazing. http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/French-Polynesia/Bora-Bora/blog-319928.html I woke up with a couple of bites today and Matt had one. I donrsquot think the net did much other than let mosquitos get trapped into a confined space with us.We werenrsquot sure what to do today as it was still windy so after a bowl of cornflakes which blew off my spoon as I tried to eat them outside on our patio we headed to the shop to buy some more coffee as the coffee we had in a plas http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/French-Polynesia/Bora-Bora/blog-319927.html We got up bright and early but Irsquod had a terrible headache all night and really didnrsquot feel good. I knew this would happen at some point in the trip where one of us felt poorly but we still had to carry on with the change over day. I dosed up on migraine relief tablets and got ready for the long day ahead hoping that the headache wouldnrsquot get any worse as I already felt like http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/French-Polynesia/Bora-Bora/blog-319907.html .........before departing Bora Bora for Samoa. We will provide details of our time in The Society Islands when internet access is more readily available. Happy days. http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/French-Polynesia/Bora-Bora/blog-307252.html Bora Bora en Mars 2006 http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/French-Polynesia/Bora-Bora/blog-263541.html Now many of you may not understand the impact of the falling value of the US Dollar in the world market...but this past week we had a blast of reality try a continental breakfast 50 for two no omelettes or waffles seriously bread butter and fruit and that was it.......French Polynesia is one of the those places that you must visit at least once in your lifetime. Pictures are of no use. http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/French-Polynesia/Bora-Bora/blog-260298.html When yoursquore visiting an island famous for its beautiful lagoon it would be a crime not to get in the water. And since Alan and I have hauled our snorkeling gear through airports around New Zealand and across the Pacific Ocean wersquore determined to use it.So even though clouds threaten rain we take the tender to shore and the beginning of our ldquoStingray Ballet and Snorkel Safar http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/French-Polynesia/Bora-Bora/blog-248991.html Bora Bora This is the last of the French Polynesian Islands we will visit. James Michener described it as the worldrsquos most beautiful island. The first impression sailing in to the harbor is really awesome but I still think Moorea is overall the best. We took a taxi a mini van to the famous attraction Bloody Maryrsquos where we had lunch and of course a delicious bloody mary. It http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/French-Polynesia/Bora-Bora/blog-239760.html Leaving the stunning Lakes Hawea and Wanaka behind we headed south west to Te Anau. Amazingly we managed to coordinate itineraries with friends from home and fellow travelers Andy and Clare. Much swapping of stories and wine drinking ensued leaving us going our separate ways talking of detoxing. Needless to say we haven't started yetFrom there we spent two days cruising two of the main sounds of http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/French-Polynesia/Bora-Bora/blog-237457.html It's always been a dream destination of mine...to see Tahiti. Her beautiful Islands lived up to the gorgeous brochures we have all seen and drooled over. But the sparkling jewel was defintely....Bora Bora. The beauty of this island took my breath awayI visited Papette Huahine Moorea....which were all beautiful but Bora Bora just stands out with it's amazing view. As I landed and saw the almo http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/French-Polynesia/Bora-Bora/blog-229672.html