Tuesday 7th October, 2014 - Bora Bora, French Polynesia

We woke to land this morning for the first time in six days. The scenery as we sailed in was spectacular and, as we had got up early to go for a walk, we had an early breakfast and were able to go up on deck afterwards until we were anchored.
For the first time we had a tour booked - a round the island drive by open bus.
We began to see what the tour book had been so disparaging about. Apart from the resorts which are obviously magnificent, the sea with its beautiful colours and awe-inspiring mountains rising out of the sea, the rest is pretty ordinary - reminiscent of the rundown outer suburbs of Suva or Nadi. Still it was very interesting and the guide pointed out all the things of interest including the  two gas stations and the supermarket. She restrained herself from pointing out the rubbish dump but we had a good view, nonetheless.
The final stop was Bloody Mary's ( you need to have seen "South Pacific") where someone deemed it necessary to drink a Bloody Mary.
Apparently after Pearl Harbour was bombed in the war, the Yanks made Bora Bora their supply base which accounts for the road round the island and the airport.
Anyway, we thoroughly enjoyed our visit.
Moreea tomorrow.

                                              Early morning approach to Bora Bora

                                                       Inside the lagoon