Day 11 in Bora Bora Friday 01 March 2013
Well that was a bit of a late night after a great party
out on deck last night. Everyone was
there and we all danced away the night to the wonderful sounds of Synergy in
the balmy South Pacific air.
We awoke to sunshine this morning as we sailed through
the reef into the bay at Bora Bora. Men in outrigger canoes paddled close by to
say hello. After breakfast on our balcony we caught the Tender into the
wharf. The crew had five Tenders
operating so there was no queuing or waiting around for your number to be
called to go ashore, it was all very efficient. The trip in the Tender was no
more than 5 minutes as we were positioned right in the bay. As it was on our last visit to Bora Bora
everything is terribly expensive in the few shops they have to offer. I wonder why they don’t realise that if they
offered things a little cheaper they would get a good turnover in their sales.
We wondered to both the Supermarkets and noted that even French Champagne is
more expensive here in a French owned country than it is for us at home. Roy
wanted to buy a new Ukulele which we saw for just under US$100 yesterday, here n
Bora Bora they start at US$220…..needless to say we didn’t buy one. The markets
have a lot or jewellery mainly made by the local women and I managed to find
two pair of lovely Tahitian pearl earrings made by the Mother of the guy who
was selling them in the stall. He gets the pearls and she’s turns them into
jewellery.
We just arrived back off the Tender back to the ship
when there was a huge sound of thunder over this idyllic mountainous island
then saw huge cracks of lightening and the rain came with drops as big as a
bucket load per drop!!! Those who had ventured to the beach would have had
their day ended in a hurry.
We were going to get the shuttle after lunch to Bloody
Marys, the famous bar but due to the weather change decided not to. I’ve just been talking to one of the crew
members who did go there this morning.
He was saying that the cheapest drink there was US$12.00 which he
thought was too expensive so decided not to have a drink. On his way back to the ship he wanted to pick
up a fridge magnet which he collects for every port he has visited. To his horror the fridge magnet was more
expensive than the drink he ‘didn’t’ have, it was US$18.00.
As I write this the weather is lifting a little so we
might have some sunshine as we sail away at 5.30pm this afternoon.
This ship is such an easy ship to get round, the crew
are all excellent, very friendly and always helpful. We still haven’t done
everything there is to offer on board, but we’re working on it. J
Tonight we’ll enjoy
dinner and the show, then straight to bed for us for an early night, and that
means 11.30. Can’t believe we’re calling that early….. I won’t tell you what
time we go to bed at home….lol.
