Josh Catalfo's Trip Diaries - French Polynesia 2001 Chapter 4 June 13, 2001

this is the Air Tahiti plane that took us to Bora Bora.	Approaching the island, the pilot took a nice circle tour of the island before landing	Another vista from the plane	You can sorta see Club Med in this one	Almost at the airport
Just about to land	Roger at the very primative Bora Bora airport	Josh and the Gorn pose this time	This is the boat you have to take if you want to go to the main city on the island - Vaitape	On the boat to the Le Meridien
One of the many Motus that surround the main island. this one is called Ome	Another shot of Ome, notice how the color changes with the light	Looking towards Mount Otemanu and Mount Pahia	Another look	This is a look towards Motu Pitiaau, where the Le Meridien is. You can also see the neighboring island of Tahaa
Guests gawk as the Le Meridien comes into view	Some overwater bungalows at the Le Meridien	View of Mount Otemanu from the steps leading up to the lobby	The main lobby features this open area with a pond and some nice plants	Looking down from the lobby area into the restaurant - note the fish in the water
Closer view of the fish	Even closer view	Beach bungalows - a bit cheaper than the overwater ones, but still very nice	Josh enjoys the hammock	This time from the other side
Roger's turn in the hammock	View of the Le Meridien's private lagoon from our beach lounge chairs	Looking towards the hotel restaurant from the same spot	Looking towards the main lagoon of the island and Mount Otemanu	Looking down the beach to the right of the lagoon
Another shot of the lagoon after we went swimming - underwater pics soon!	Roger enjoying the water some more	Leaving our spot, we embarked on a trip around the hotel lagoon	This is a narrow gap in the Motu that connects the ocean with the lagoon	Fish cam closeup
Shot of the lagoon and the restaurant	Roger and the lagoon	Roger poses under a palm tree	Not liking my photography skills, Roger tries to pose under another tree	The path to the overwater bungalows with Mount Otemanu in the background
Mount Otemanu with some bungalows	Looking from the path to the private lagoon and the beach we were on before	Fish cam 2	Across the lagoon looking at the beach bungalows	This is the path you take to get to the overwater bungalows when you get over the water agin, Mount Otemanu in the background
Mount Otemanu with some bungalows	Josh, Gorn, Bungalows, Otemanu	Roger poses with the bungalows and the Motu in the background	Looking between the bungalows towards the main section of the Le Meridien	Another shot of the walkways that connect the bungalows
Here is where Josh puts his feet up and enjoys the view	Roger's perspective from the hammock	Josh ponders the meaning of it all	The Gorn and the Le Meridien Bora Bora sign	Josh and the Le Meridien sign
Not wanting to be left out, its Roger's turn	View of the Le Meridien dock as we leave	Last shot of the main part of the hotel as we depart	Shot of the other bungalows (not the ones we toured)	More Motu
Another Motu shot - this time with a sailboat	Waves against the boat	Another Motu, Another sailboat	Looking back at Mount Otemanu and Mount Pahia	This time with the boat's wake
View across the lagoon with another hotel on the horizon	One last shot of Mount Otemanu and Mount Pahia with Roger in the foreground	Inside the Bora Bora airport looking towards the runway through some of the "gates"	Sadly, it was time to board a plane back to Tahiti	The grounds of the Le Meridien Tahiti were all lit up
And a runway was placed into a pond	And we got front row seats to a fashion show	The big fashion show finale

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