Village Pauline Bora Bora

... go along with our Shellback certificates. I think Bill is ready for land—he’s getting a little antsy. Personally I could stay for another cruise—this ship continues around Australia. Maybe next time!! I’ve found another repositioning cruise that travels between Miami and Barcelona Spain that I want to check out.

The shows here have been fantastic ...

... of the time we do the buffet, as we’re hot and ready for the pool. Mornings are spent sunning around the pool and reading, relaxing in the pool to cool off, or relaxing in the hot tub. You’ll notice the key word here is relaxing. Usually there are activities around the pool which make for good viewing (see Mr. Rhapsody or pool volleyball, girls!) Then it’s lunch around 2pm followed by ...

Once again I stayed on the ship for IPM, but today was rainy and humid. I planned to go to the pool, but the weather caused me to rethink that plan quickly.

I enjoyed working on some of my photos and creating more slideshows. You may wonder why I don't post more photos, why am I posting mostly just video slideshows?

As a photographer I don't wish to allow ...

... the pool.

It was really nice out. Not TOO hot, nice breeze, beautiful day to stay on the ship and enjoy the outside decks. I lounged in the water for about 2 hours. Just when the prunes on my fingers started to annoy I came in to get ready for dinner.

I love it here in the South Pacific, I can see why movies and musicals have been made about it!

Sandy beaches, grass huts on stilts overlooking green and blue tropical waters...what's not to love here in French Polynesia.

I have uploaded a video slide show of the sights of the day. To view the video in a larger size, click on the small video icon in the blog post until it opens up in a larger window.

I hope you enjoy it!
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... ride under the water. This was probably the most exciting thing we'd done to date but high up there with swimming with sharks and rays.

After 4 nights in lovely Moorea we headed back to the airport - a proper transfer bus this time (!) and flew the 25 minutes north to Huahine - this was longhaul for Polynesia.

On arrival, we were met by our concierge which was lucky as by now our bags have become quite heavy...we were driven a short ...

After leaving Huahine, we sailed back to Raiatea (seeing dolphins as we entered the lagoon) and spent a night anchored off Moto Naonoa, in a very shallw anchorage close to the reef - only room for one boat and we raced another yacht to get to it (and won).

The next we day we sailed up the lagoon and over to Tahaa, the island to the north of Raiatea, manchoring in a deep bay near to the Papai Pass out of the lagoon ...

... need updating or get frustrated at finding a faulty this or that 12.00, dip 4.00, done, dip and a refreshing Hinano, a Tahitian drink famous for quenching a thirst. 6.00, some culinary delight I whip up 6.30, cultural meeting till 10.30 at BM where we also play a game called 'spot the honeymooners' by no means a tuff game, but bears of little brains need little imput.hey should re name it Bora Babeless Bora!!! bed, maybe some cocoa nightcap. Boring ...