Bora Bora – Sing to the tune of Boola Boola

We woke up this morning while gliding across turquoise seas into the set of “South Pacific.” I guess we should be singing Bali Hai, not Bora Bora because this island was the inspiration for South Pacific. It has one industry – tourism. It is truly beautiful. Jenni and I took the included boat tour this morning with our singing guide. Then we came back to the ship for lunch. After lunch we parted ways. I took a nap and worked on this blog. Jenni went out snorkeling with sharks. At least it was advertised that way. As attractive as that sounded, I opted out.

The photo at the top is the “Conrad” resort. Very pricey stuff. Our guide said a one night rental of a villa was about the same as renting him and his boat for a month.

There were three ships in the lagoon with literally thousands of tourists on the water.

The water was crystal clear and we saw hundreds of Rays swimming below our boat.

Our guide cut the engine and just jumped in with the Rays. You can see the eyes pretty clearly in this photo. The mouth is on the underside.

We tied up to two other boats right out there among the rays and the three guides sang polynesian songs in harmony.

Back on the ship I took this shot of Bora Bora across our pool deck to show you where we were anchored.

Home sweet home. Now we are off to New Zealand and we are about to cross the International Date Line.