4th December 2007 - Bora Bora, Society Islands, French Polynesia
Managed to get ashore at this stop. However, all trips were cancelled as it was tipping it down (see pics) and continued to do so all day, at least until we were back on the ship when there was a brief respite for about half an hour when it kicked off again.
We were going on a 4-wheel drive tour but ended up swimming to the local shops where we purchased some Christmas presents and a bottle of hot sauce from the general store. A great pity really because as can be seen, this is a truly beautiful island with a textbook geography of a central volcanic island surrounded by a fringing reef with islands (known locally as motus).
Everyone felt both disappointed and frustrated by the day, particularly as we had lost the two stops at Nuie and Rarotonga immediately before Tahiti. For passengers who embarked at Fiji the trip was turning into a disaster!
