Bora Bora Boredom?

24 July 2014

Well after all the hype about the ‘pearl of the pacific’ Bora Bora was not all it was cracked up to be. We stopped there for a couple of weeks, anchoring on the east side while a weather system went through for a few days. The motor around saw us ‘touch bottom’ a couple of times, and with a squall that came through we anchored half way for lunch. After the squall however we had heard of a spot where manta rays gathered and we were not disappointed when we snorkelled to marvel at them, truly amazing creatures. While the weather was not brilliant we enjoyed some quiet time on the east side as there were no other cruisers there, and enjoyed the spectacle of Bora Bora itself.



Bora Bora sunset (4th July)



Bora Bora in the day...

Manta 1 ....

Manta 2 .......

Manta 3..........and there was more!

Enough quiet time so with Heiva started, the World Cup underway, and my birthday approaching, we headed back to the Bora Bora Yacht Club. A great, if not the best, location on the island with; excellent dinghy dock, good moorings, beautiful sunsets, a coral garden, and a full bar with attentive barman Jean Pierre.

BBYC

We went to one of the Heiva dance competitions which are always spectacular and Bora Bora did not disappoint with true professionalism, though sitting in stands it was not as intimate as we experienced in the Marquesas. Marion enjoyed it so much that she ran out of the stands at the end to get a picture with one of the sweaty big lads.

the girls.....

and the sweaty lads!

Birthday celebrations started out great with plenty of pressies and a bacon and egg baguette before heading into the BBYC to watch Germany Vs Brasil which was very disappointing, we were going for Brasil! After a few beers we jumped on our pushies and headed down to ‘Bloody Mary’s’ which is world re-knowned. Now we don’t know why so many celebs frequent this place; the service was crap, the food awful (not that what I ordered arrived). In the end I bought the hat, no need to go back. So we put our pushies into a taxi and went back to BBYC for dinner which was fantastic!

Our remaining time on Bora Bora was spent provisioning and trying to work out what all the hype was about. Without rabbiting on I guess if you had one or two weeks holiday, plenty of money, then Bora Bora would pass muster for a Polynesian experience. Other than that………?



Bora Bora ........finale!

While we met plenty of other cruisers, many Australian, that were heading off at the next weather window we decided to make one last stop on our way out of French Polynesia……..last blog for FP coming soon.
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