Day 6 - 14 September, 2010 - Bora Bora

Day Six

Good Morning Bora Bora

It looked beautiful in the dark last night but this morning it is even more beautiful!This is looking to the left from our bungalow.

Looking East

This is looking to the right from our bungalow

Looking South

This is outside our front door

I am wearing the slippers they have provided for us.

Andrew waiting on his massage

Breakfast

 Our living room

 Paula found the hammock again, The pool meets the ocean. Sooo beautiful!!

This is living!!

 This is so cool to have these little private places to lay out. Its early in the morning and the weather clearing up. Its still very windy and a little chilly.

The bridge where the Bachlorete met her hubby

This is the boat that took us to the main island. It took less than 10 minutes to get there.

 Paula and Andrew riding to the main island for the first time.

 This is the main Island (Vaitape). You can see the water is still standing from the storm last night.

 Cute rental cars

Cool Rental Car

 Robert Wan is the biggest black pearl retailer / grower in French Polynesia.

 Bloody Mary's was a lot of fun! Very American, they play american music. The food was great. If you go straight across the street from Bloody Mary's you can take great photos. Below are names of famous people that have visited.

Andrew and I split a grilled Mahi Mahi
 sandwich and of course Bloody Mary's and beer.

 This picture is so sweet. This little cat was very much at home here.

This one's for Madge...

 View from across the street from Bloody Mary's.

 Andrew and I on our way back to our little island. Check out my new black pearl necklace.

 This is the front of our bungalow

 Andrew is going to swim with the fish. The below pictures are beautiful underwater pictures. Most of the water is less than five feet deep.

These followed Andrew around everyday. They became his buddies.

This is relaxing. I only read one book in 12 days.

 This was the most beautiful sunset we had on this trip.If you were coming from the welcome center you would turn left and go as far as you could to the last bridge and turn right. We were under a pavillion.



Pina Colada



Polynesian Dance has lots of styles and variations from the slow graceful Hula of Hawaii to the effervescent energy of the Tahitian O'tea.

Ori Tahiti
The fast hip movements of women dancers is the trademark of Tahitian dance and is known as the Tamure, or Ote’a. Ori Tahiti means Tahitian dance.

Ote'a (Oh tay ah)
The most spectacular of all Polynesian dances, performed by a group of male dancers (Ote'a Tane) or a group of female dancers (Ote'a Vahine), or sometimes male and female dancers (Ote'a Amui). It is inspired by old legends; the themes consist of a certain number of variations, the length of each one being determined by the beats of the To'ere drums. The Ote'a are usually performed in traditional costumes (A'ahu Mo're).

Aparima (Apar reema)
Definition: 'apa (kiss) rima (hands), the kiss of hands. The Aparima tells a story set to music and mimed by gracious gestures of the hands. It is slow paced and graceful and similar to the Hula. The Aparima is a group dance inspired by scenes of daily life.

 Andrew and I had our picture taken with the dancers.