Friday, February 4, 2011

Bora Bora

Bora Bora was our last stop in French Polynesia, and the most strenuous. Not any fault of the
island, but rather our interests. We rented bicycles to pedal around the 18 mile circumference,
stopping at beaches to swim and snorkel on the way. Would have been a great plan if any of the
following had been true:
We had ridden bikes in the past decade;
There were fewer beaches to delay us;
We had gotten up earlier in the morning;
The bikes were in good condition;
As it was we had a lot fun, completely wore ourselves out, barely got back to the ship before she
sailed, felt we deserved dinner that evening, and took a few pictures:













As Phil continued his research into international construction practices, we loved these colorful machines against this background. Looked like Tonka Toys. All the beaches had myriad holes. We finally figured out why when one of the local residents came up to investigate what all that pounding on it’s roof was all about.

One area we snorkeled at was infested with clams of all colors, imbedded in the rocks and coral.




Barney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . This is your brain on clams

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