We planned this part of the trip to have several lazy days, just relaxing doing as little as one wants. So after breakfast and a swim/snorkeling we all broke off to do as we pleased. And I did something I am not known for, I sat still for over an hour. This place made it easy, the view is spectacular and something different in each direction. I did add in the soundtrack from The Descendants for the music, twas very nice,
While sitting around I reflected on how I got here, travel time was easy, almost 9 hours of air travel total plus a couple of hours of car and boat time. Remarkable for such an isolated place, we just had to be on time. It strikes me though that these islands were found at all being so isolated. Their effort versus ours… From what I have read the island was first discovered in the 4th century and was named “Pora pora mai te pora” (Created by the gods) which was shortened to “Pora Pora” or first born. When Europeans came along they changed it to “Bora Bora” and the name has stuck ever since.
The wind is howling tonight which means clear skys. I was able to nerd out on the Southern Cross and Centaurus which contains some of the closest stars to our solar system. Jupiter which is lower to the horizon at home was directly over head tonight. And the moon is upside down, Again. Flat earthers please explain why this is possible again?
