Bora Bora

We arrived in Bora Bora and the short flight was bumpy but mercifully short and the landing was smooth as Bora Bora was not under cloud unlike most of the rest of the surrounding area.    We were taken by boat to the island on which we were to stay and settled in to our thatch hut, complete with outside shower and jacuzzi.

It was about lunch time and we had a very nice salad by the pool and contemplated a couple of relaxing days ahead.   Well not quite.  Unfortunately we had seen the forecast for the duration of our stay and it was rain, rain, rain and thunder and lightening almost all the time.

In the UK it tends to rain heavily for a short time but this has been tropical rain which is of a much greater intensity than anything we can remember and as I write this it has been going on since we arrived nearly two days ago with only a short, but lovely, break yesterday morning when we had a lovely swim in the lagoon under clear blue skies.

Bora Bora is quite stunning but sadly we have not seen it at its best.