Today was Bora Bora, which is one of the most beautiful places we've ever seen. Another easy barge over to the town where we hired a taxi driver to take us and Paul and Lynne Hoskins, our Australian friends, around the island. It's not very large, so even with a few stops for pictures and a bloody mary at the famous bar, Bloody Mary's (who'd have thought), the whole trip took only less than 2 hours. I have never seen ocean water in all the colors there are here, from pale aqua to the deepest blue and everything in between. I hope our pictures do it justice. The ship held a barbecue lunch on a motu (small island) which I went to. Michael had arranged to see the engine room with the engineer so he stayed on board. Serendipitously, I ate at a table with John and Norma, the couple we first ate lunch with on embarkation day, but haven't had the pleasure since. The lunch was excellent and swimming in the water was heavenly. It was more floating than swimming because it was so shallow, but the fish you could see even without a mask were beautiful and plentiful.
For our last dinner they put on one final show with the staff and some of the passengers. Native drums play a large role in every dance and, once again, we managed to have the seats closest to them. I don't know how the drummers don't go deaf within a few years. But it was a lovely show and the crew really seemed to be sad to see us go.
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