bora bora

So remember that scene in parent trap (the one with lindsay lohan when she was still sweet and innocent) where she tells Jesse that she was on the phone with her friend who was vacationing with her family in bora bora? Maybe not. Well I remember as a kid watching that and thinking, "is bora bora a real place and if so, where is it?" and for whatever reason I have always remembered that scene/thought. So when Harold surprised me for our honeymoon on a trip to Bora Bora, I was ecstatic and past thoughts of "I wonder where that is" came to mind.  Well for those wondering, Bora Bora is part of the French Polynesian islands and right next to Tahiti. And lemme tell ya, the place is a dream.  I've been to many beach places but none come close to this paradise of a place.  I'd like to say I'll let the pictures do the talking but even then they dont do it justice. It was a week of pure bliss and I couldn't have asked for a better honeymoon.

Now onto the part you've been waiting for.. the pictures:

Before heading to Bora Bora we spent a couple nights in Park City after our wedding.  It was a great time but on the day we were leaving it started to SNOW.  We were glad we were heading to warmer climates!

At the airport ready to go

they greeted us with real flower leis at the airport in bora bora 

Our first view of the place

We had to ride a boat to get to our resort

After being on 3 different planes and a boat ride we have finally arrived to paradise. worth every leg of travel. Those are the cabanas we stayed at in the background

We stayed in these little cabanas over the water and that mountain was our view.  Me in front of our Cabana. 

harold on the catwalk

The cabanas are there in the distance over the water and there is a big walkway that connects it to land where the resort is.  Here there is a nice beach, pool, spa, 2 restaurants, and a bunch of other great amenities

We went to this popular restaurant that a bunch of famous people have eaten at.. Not expensive just a fun place where the entire floor is sand and they have a bunch of cubbies at the entrance where you put your shoes.

  Harold makes a friend

Every other night they created a "beach lounge" and set up comfy beach furniture and played live music.  The guy was great and played american cover songs. right behind us is one of the restaurants so you could eat and listen too.

At the other restaurant they had polynesia dance show one night.  They called some people from the crowd and I happened to be one of the "lucky" ones that got called to go up there and dance.  I tried to copy his moves but this tall, lanky body doesnt flow as easy as his...

Taking the classic tourist pic with the dancers

we spent a lot of time by the pool

and lots of time reading.. I read 3 books while on our honeymoon

Harold was actually really good at this.. did jsut as good if not better than the guy teaching him

a peek in our room.. our bed faced this giant window that looked out into the water- I took a diagonal view so you could sort of see our back deck connected to our place

In the other room it had this coffee table that was a big see-through box that you could see down to the water.  At night you could turn on lights to see if you could see any fish.  We saw a few but not a lot

Our cabanas had its own little private dock attached where we could jump off and swim around as well as lounge chairs to lay out

this handsome fella looooves being in the water.  It's nice and warm just like the Louisiana bayous he's used to.

Paradise.

Here's a (big) handful of pics from our honeymoon.  I felt so lucky and appreciative to go to such an amazing place.  It was so romantic and relaxing, (not to mention I couldn't ask for better company.) Just looking at these pics makes me want to go back.. maybe a 10 year anniversary?! (hint hint dearest husband..)


"If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so i never have to live without you." -AA Milne