BORA BORA AND OUR 5TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Today is our 5th wedding anniversary and it was so special.

We woke up and ordered some room service and it was delivered just as we were pulling into the lagoon of Bora Bora. I mistakenly thought we would be in Papette today.

So while we were having some coffee and cereal another knock on the door and a bottle of champagne was delivered from the dining room staff for our anniversary. We weren’t able to linger as we had a private tour so we left to go ashore. There is no way to describe the waters here in Bora Bora they change color and are a myriad of different blues and some turquoise.

We took a tour in a motorized outrigger canoe for a day of snorkeling, shark and ray feeding, lunch on a motu (private island) and finally a stop at the world famous Bloody Mary’s.

First off the day was perfect – warm (hot actually in the sun) and slight breeze. We went to the ray and shark feeding sight. Sam was one of the first in the water (it was shallow and came up to about his waist) and the first ray came gliding up to be petted and he obliged. I didn’t want to feed them but several of group did. They feel silky soft as they glide up against you. When the sharks came to be feed, I decided to get back into the boat but Sam stayed in the water and was within 20 yards of them. They were not big sharks just small but sharks nonetheless. Back into the boat and onto the next sight.

Then we went to a sight for swimming and it was heaven. We stayed here for about an hour and then onto the sight for picnic lunch. We arrived at the motu and played in the water for about 45 minutes while lunch was prepared. Once again, it was served on woven leaves. We had BBQ tuna (that was the best tuna I ever ate), lomi (again), some kind of bread and fruit. All nice presently with flowers etc on hugh leaves.

After lunch back into the boat for the snorkeling sight. Oh my goodness, this was so awesome – it was like being in a giant fish tank (well actually I guess it was a giant fish tank) and there were literally hundreds and hundreds of all kinds of fish. A feast for the eyes. Sam’s mask leaks so he wasn’t able to enjoy it as much as I did but still got to see some of it.

The last stop was Bloody Mary’s Bar in Bora Bora which is world famous. We stopped in for a drink but we had so much sun by this time we both thought it prudent to drink a coke instead. We had spent several hours in the sun and we both felt a drink would do us in. Then back into the boat and we were delivered back at the main pier in Bora Bora where we tendered back to the ship.

After a shower we sat on the balcony to watch sailaway and it was magnificent. We went to dinner in the dining room and enjoyed our meal and had lots of extra attention from the wait staff since it was our anniversary. We plan to “celebrate” our anniversary tomorrow night by going to the Sterling Steakhouse here on board for a “special” dinner.

We were talking tonight about how thankful we are to have each other and the years that we have. We hope to have many more.

Sam and Char