Day 4

Today began like every other day, with a beautiful sunrise off our balcony and a breakfast of champions at Tamure Grill, the beachside cafe. Delicious. We came to Bora Bora with the understanding that food was going to be expensive, so we planned accordingly. We typically drink a lot of fluids at breakfast, including fruit juice (we think its mango though we’re not positive), coffee, and lost of water.

TIP for Travelers: prior to leaving the states, we came upon these Brita water bottles that contain water filters inside. You fill the bottle with tap water from the sink, we usually add lots of ice too, and VOILA, purified water for your hydrating pleasures.

We spent the first half of the day, playing in the sand and lounging at the beach, which was great fun and very relaxing. Additionally, we visited the gift shop so that we could browse and see what kinds of goodies we might want to bring home :)

Our next adventure brought us to Scuba Diving. That’s right, Scuba Diving. Although we’re not certified, we took a gamble, telling the captain we were to see how far that would get us. It got us pretty far. Just kidding, it was a beginner’s course. We got a quick 20 lesson while on the boat (the instructor having a pretty thick French accent - haha) and then we were off. Our dive was not too deep, perhaps only 20 meters (not sure if this is accurate, I just remembering hearing 20 meters while on board). Our first time scubaing and we explored coral and saw many tropical fish. It was perfect for a learner course.

While in the spirit of learning, we signed up for a class at the hotel. This was a cocktail making class at the Ta’ie ie Bar. Our professor, the bar tender. Our final exam, drinking the booze (for free I might add). We made two, nah, we observed the bar tender as he made two drinks per couple (we called them our classmates): Bora Bora Nui and Maitai. Our classmates consist of the two other couples who went scuba diving with us. It made the experience fun having other youngins around. The decision as to which drink was better was split, half preferred the blue, the other the red. All is all, we aced the final exam and passed the class. Great success!

As you can imagine, after a day of classes we were pretty wiped, so we had a lovely dinner on the beach and called it a night. Paradise rocks!