Bora Bora And I'm Not Complaining, I'm Just Sayin'

I was awakened about 4am by the ship's juddering into position after dropping anchor.  We dipped and rolled a bit before coming to a stand still in what I hoped would be a calm lagoon come daylight.  I got my wish.  (By the way it's three hours earlier here than in Denver - 9:44pm MST/6:44pm GMT -10).

Though foggy this morning, the rain had passed, and we could see some breaks in the clouds over the peaks of "Bali Hai"  YAY!

We didn't have an excursion today but planned simply to wander around the main town, Vaitape, find a beach, and relax.  Once again, I got my wish.  The clouds blew on out and the sunburns began.

We also played with our new camera (an underwater digital...very cool).

And I still haven't mastered keeping my fingers out of the shot, but you can see a ray cruising past in this one.

After the beach, we hit Bloody Mary's - a totally overrated, but "must-do" restaurant/bar here on Bora Bora named for the Polynesian mother in the movie South Pacific (Aggie Grey to you Michener fans).  The beer was cold, the food was good and the atmosphere sort of over-the-top.  The service is a little slow, but since we really didn't have anything else to do today, it really didn't matter.

We shopped some in town before heading back to the ship...yes, Linda, I got you some earrings (oh, and a cap from Bloody Mary's).  Hope you like them!

Finally back on the ship, we showered and sat out on our balcony until dusk.  Ahhh...a wonderful vacation day!

Now, remember in the movie "Despicable Me" when Vector shrinks the toilet with the Shrink Ray, and the little tiny toilet spits a stream of water at him?  I love that scene.  Anyhoo, the toilet in our stateroom bathroom - which is otherwise fairly normal sized - is about as big as the shrunken toilet that spits at Vector.  And my gigantic ass just doesn't fit very well on it.  As I said, I'm not complaining, I'm just sayin'.  Probably more than you need to know.