Bora Bora by Car
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Wed 25 Sep 2013 22:37
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Car Hire Day Exploring Bora
Bora
 Off we went at ten in our tiny Fiat hire car with Gordon and Liz
(Cattitude). The lady in the Avis shop told us that the whole island
could “be done in an hour.” Two and a half miles wide, we can’t exactly get lost
and there is a road all the way around the edge. Within minutes of leaving the
marina we knew that One Careful Owners were not going to be in short supply (own
blog). In the 1950’s James Michener called this the “the most beautiful
island in the world.” Pretty church, sorry about the power cables
Colin, but they were rather droopy. A plastic garden
Tiki, whatever next.
 We found a tiny
artisanal.
 
 Sarongs and
then we found they made them on site.
 
 The lady showed us the tying, the dipping and the laying.
 Shapes
representing the island are then laid on the wet sarong. The colour
leeches from under and the result is white where they were.
 Bear liked the Chez Doct, no idea what it was.
 We found the very
typical scene Judith Chalmers had promised us.
 A motu and lovely
colours.
 A hotel
motu.
 Very
lovely.
  Fascinating little
rock.
 Bloody
Mary’s is an island must do.
 Gordon and
Liz posing.
 We did too.
  We
read the four name boards some we had never heard of and we did wonder about the gap on the
right.
  The money board in the
foyer.
  I felt left out, I sent
Bear into the men’s toilet to take pictures and found
out later that all the ladies went in and took their own.......The sink is quite an event.
 
 The big thing – Oh bad
choice of words – is the toilet pull.
 A good fun night with
seven boats.
  We got back to great excitement, a baby manta ray was using the lights of Cattitude
and Encore to scoop up the attracted plankton.
 The lighting was terrible but it gives
an idea of his scoop. We watched
for ages.
ALL IN ALL AN INTERESTING
DAY
GOOD TO DO, SURPRISINGLY
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