| The first day on Bora
Bora saw us making plans for the next day with Maeva Tour operators to go parasailing as soon as we got off the ship's
tender at Vaitape, the commercial center of Bora Bora. Connie
and George were very excited and looking forward to go parasailing. Kinan and I, also have never been
parasailing before, but we were excited and yes, I'll admit, a little bit scared at first. But for the first day,
we rented a car and did the circle island tour. | |
Parasailing on Bora Bora was amazing. With trepidation I
got on the parasail, but once up there, what an incredible sight! You could see miles of blue pristine water with the occasional ray
floating by on great wings, and the mountains of Bora Bora behind you. Floating on the breeze, you felt like a bird soaring over
the lagoon. Kinan managed to video record himself while up there.
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We stopped at several places, the beach at Matira
Point where the sand was pure white, the Yacht club, where we had the local brew Hinano, and the world famous "Bloody
Mary's" restaurant where I had a great lunch of "poisson cru" (raw fish marinated in lime and
coconut juice). The men's bathroom had a very interesting handle to flush the toilet.
The women's bathroom wasn't nearly that interesting, although it did have fresh hibiscus flowers on a rock waterfall sink. We finished
lunch and then saw the list of famous people, actors, politicians, musicians, etc..
that have visited Bloody Mary's. | |
A little short walk away from the beach at Matira
Point, we came upon "the best" snorkeling on our trip. No crowds of people,
just a few swimmers and fish, fish, fish! We even saw an octupus, giant clams, eels, and a Picasso trigger fish! I
couldn't get enough of snorkeling there... After our
parasiling and snorkeling adventures we did a little shopping in Vaitape where we bought Creme de Vanilla from a "Super
Marche" and browsed for souvenirs and trinkets to remember our island paradise with.
We set sail back to Tahiti a little after sunset.
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