So let me try and pick up from where I left off on Dec 16th. We had half a sea day on the 16th as we went from Rangiroa to Bora Bora.

We arrived at Bora Bora on the morning of the 17th. Bora Bora is beautiful. Almost as beautiful as Moorea. Our weather continued to be great and we had days packed with activities. Our first day on Bora Bora we did the stingray tour. What fun to be able to stand in the water and pet them. We also got to see an octopus that our tour guide found hiding. The highlight for Gil was the woman (on another tour, not from our ship) in the bikini holding the octopus. It seems that the octopus managed to pull one side of her top down. She was oblivious to all but the octopus. After our adventure with the stingrays and octopus we headed to one of the passes to snorkel. We saw a great variety of fish. In the afternoon we headed out to do a little shopping but found nothing.

Dinner that night was with the purchasing manager and the guest relations manager. Dinner was enjoyable with them both and even more so because of the woman sitting between Gil and myself. Her name was Billie, she was from Austalia and she was about 85 yrs young with a wicked sense of humor.

The second day on Bora Bora we went to the coral preservation with Denis Schneider. We learned about the different corals and how the warmer seas were dangerous to the corals and also to the islands. Again we "snorkeled" (it was shallow enough to walk) observing the many fish species dependent on the coral. Our seas that night sailing to Tahaa were slightly choppy making it difficult when showering. Dinner that night was enjoyed with Carol and Rodolfo and another couple.