http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/French-Polynesia/Bora-Bora/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Oceania , French Polynesia , Bora Bora en-us Sat, 05 Dec 09 10:22:03 +0000 Sat, 05 Dec 09 10:22:03 +0000 We stayed at Bora Bora Pearl Resort. Arriving in Bora Bora was amazing. We stayed on an overwater bungalow which was awesome The Pearl is great for snorkeling off your balcony because is has a reef nursery with tons of fish and it has a reef under every bungalow's glass coffee table. At night if you just hang out on your balcony with the lights on the water you can see stingrays and sharks swim b http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/French-Polynesia/Bora-Bora/blog-447953.html Hello to everyone and sorry that our 2nd blog took so long to produce We just got a secure wireless internet account here in New Zealand so that is what the delay has been Anyway we were quite sad to leave Moorea as we really fell in love with the island. It's a spectacularly stunning island with gorgeous sunsets new pics included towering mountain peaks and sparkling clear blue waters http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/French-Polynesia/Bora-Bora/blog-430856.html Bora Bora is truly magical. Each of the French Polynesian islands has a different feel and Bora Bora evokes romance and tranquility. When visiting French Polynesia it is best to get an island hopping airline ticket so you can visit a few of the different islands...Bora Bora is worth at least 34 days if you are just going for a week. Also visit Moorea for outdoor adventures and scuba diving Ran http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/French-Polynesia/Bora-Bora/blog-385830.html On the start of our trip from Papeete Tahiti to Brisbane Australia I was unable to download pictures. Hopefully I have fixed the problem and will now be able to share some of the sites we visited. http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/French-Polynesia/Bora-Bora/blog-380594.html Today is day three aboard the M.V. Clipper Odyssey and it is the first time I have had a moment to write. For those of you who may not know exactly where I am I am in Polynesia which is south of Hawaii and east of Australia. Polynesia is named as such because it means many islands. Whereas Micronesia means small and Melanesia means dark which was derived from the darker looking natives meanin http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/French-Polynesia/Bora-Bora/blog-365292.html Tahiti Tahiti equals relaxation particularly for someone escaping winter in Toronto We arrived early January 5th 2009 and relaxed for the next two days in Papeete before boarding the Paul Gauguin. Todate we have visited Moorea Bora Bora and today we are visiting Taharsquoa. Tomorrow we are at sea all day arriving next at Aitutaki in the Cook Islands. Then it is another two days at sea bef http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/French-Polynesia/Bora-Bora/blog-362236.html BORA BORAThere isnrsquot much I can add to what has been said about this island. It is spectacularly beautiful. Mt. Otemanu dominates the view. There is one pass through the reef and we cruise into the lagoon at noon. The lagoon is a palette of blues and greens. The deep water where we anchor is cobalt blue. Then deep aqua light aqua turquoise baby blue blue green all the colors and s http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/French-Polynesia/Bora-Bora/blog-349077.html 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 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 started the day with yet another serving of baguette and nutella itrsquos 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 Irsquod grabbed from the rack. They were US mags which made them really difficult as the clues were mostly about US reality tv stars wersquod never heard o http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/French-Polynesia/Bora-Bora/blog-320770.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