Bora Bora April 20-21, 2016

Well we finely arrived and anchored in Vaitape, Bora Bora, where were suppose to be. We anchored in the bay, and it rained,,, again. But later in the day. It cleared enough to take the tender ashore. So we put on our clothes, that could get wet without being to provocative and bumped across to the pier. 

When it rains here, or really rains!  

First on the agenda, was to check on our reservations for Bloody Mary's, we went to the visitors center, and they called and confirmed all was in order. So now it was a hunt for pearls. Kainoa, was on the dock, and he sent us accros the street to Alberts, and many $$$$ later we came back to the ship, to get ready to go to dinner.  

The shuttle to Bloody Mary's was to pick us up at 6:15, not knowing how long the shuttles would take we all decided to error on the side of being early, and luckily we hit it all right and then had to wait an hour for the bus. It finely came, now there was 18 of us!

When we arrived and checked in, we were all set to see the menu.

This is our menue

So we all ordered and waited for it to get to us, meanwhile, it again started to rain, and hard, it even came through the thatched roof. We had fun, ate,  and left on the 8:15 shuttle back to the dock not wanting to go back in the rain. 

Well we didn't make that, by the time we got to the dock, it was pouring, and lightning and thunder, a real show, they couldn't launch the tender. We waited under the eve for about an hour. And would you believe this was our tender, that would take us back to the ship!

Notice the number, LOL 

It was a bumpy ride back, and fireworks were still going on, but all was well and we returned wet, but with a great story!

We all felt sorry for the crew who had to keep going back and forth, until midnight. 

The next day it was cloudy, with off and on rain, but we needed to go a ashore again to get post cards and look for more treasures, all the shore excursions had been canceled because of the weather once again. So we found the cards, and went to a little place to sit down, and luckily ran in to Val and Jim who had snaged a table. 

Even we got back to the ship, the clouds opened up again and it poured. So we said good by to Bora Bora. 

Our welcome even in the rain. 

They still have phone booths. 

Tonight's dinner?