Bora Bora

CuriousOyster
Steve & Trish Brown
Fri 9 Jul 2010 04:52
We celebrated the 4th July with our American friends off Visions of Johanna.
With support from Richard the manager of Taravanna Yacht Club, Bill organised a
Pot Luck in the beach side restaurant where everyone brought food for the BBQ.
Another great night with cruisers from all over the world and all with great stories to tell of their adventures so far,
This young Australian couple were sailing back home from the UK                   Michelle (right) had sailed the wrong way up from Australia to cruise the Society
having been made redundant in the credit crunch recession                             islands for the Austral winter.
We also visited a Vanilla farm and small processing company where all the pods are hand sorted.
Despite all the hype Bora Bora has proved to be the most disappointing of all the Society islands.
Over developed, less friendly and dirty by comparison with the other islands in the group.
We did take the opportunity to cycle the 32 km around the island with Trish disproving the age old saying "you never forget how to ride a bycicle".
So it is time to leave the relatively developed and cosmopolitan Society Islands and head back out in search of more adventures and off the beaten track.
Next stop is Maupihaa, the furthest west of the Leeward islands where a coral atoll should give us more Tuomotu like diving and snorkelling.
With wifi likely to get a bit scarce here a few photos from the last few days.
Visions of Johanna sailing inside the reef down the east coast of Rai'atea             Bora Bora seen through a Motu off the NW reef on Tahaa
Bora Bora seen from outside the reef.