Today we went jet skiing. Fortified by a good breakfast we were picked up by Ali (our guide) and driven to the Moana Adventure site. We had signed up to each have our own jet ski. We were ready!
The limit for one guide to manage is four jet skis. She figured out how to help me get onto the jet ski, gave us simple directions and told us to stay in a line and follow her. Gayle has never jet skied before and it has been a minute since I did it. Ali gave us a 10 minutes of following her before she stopped us to see how we were doing. We both whipped off our hats and iPhone waterproof protector lanyards because they were strangling us and got ready to set off again.
Bora Bora has so many different colors of water. It is often described as “fifty shades of blue.” It is due to the absorption and scattering of light. Shallow waters are clearer and free of plankton. Deeper water is a navy blue. The varying shades are also influenced by the type of sand and sediment in the area. We jet skied through every shade today. The deeper waters had higher waves and I found myself concentrating so hard I didn’t look around me and see the wonder of it all. We stopped on a private island on which Moana Adventures rents space for their jet skiers and a barbecue event they do.
We got off and enjoyed the water and the view. Ali found a couple coconuts on the ground that she deemed ready to open.
Coconut water fresh from the coconut on a jet ski stop on a private island with a gorgeous view….it just doesn’t get any better than that!
We got back on the jet skis for another chance to enjoy Bora Bora’s fifty shades of blue.
We were back in our bungalow before noon and completely pooped. We are closer to the equator here than our homes in the US. We feel the sun intensely so we usually clean up and rest in the afternoon. I got to FaceTime my grandson, which made me even more content. We headed out for an early dinner off the resort grounds. We ate at Lucky House Fare Manuia Restaurant. Then we headed back to Matira Beach to watch one last sunset in Bora Bora. The place was crowded tonight with locals cooling off at the end of the day and so many tourists hoping for the perfect shot. There was one couple there who spent at least 45 minutes getting just the right shot with different cameras. Then they enlisted others to help them. Gayle and I giggled as they spent so much time on their photos they missed the sunset. Hopefully, they will see it in their photos.
We stopped on the way back to the room so I could take a photo of Gayle to prove that her hat almost matched her dress.
The moon is close to being full. It makes the place even more magical.
Back in the room we packed up. We will fly to Papeete tomorrow to spend one night. Then we will be picked up on Friday morning at 4:50 a.m. to make our 7:40 a.m. flight back to LAX.
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