Bora Bora – Gary Dawson
After swimming with the whales our life is going to sound boring. That was such a highlight. Anyways we left Huahine for Taara last Saturday and stayed there for one week. Taara is about 20miles from Huahine. We visited about four different anchorages in that time. It was a very pretty island, but we mostly just hung out on the boat.
Yesterday we left for Bora Bora, another 20 mile (4hr) sail. Bora Bora is the oldest of the Society Islands at 7 million. Were as Tahiti is a mere 3 million. The atolls we were at, oh about a month to 6 weeks ago (Rangirora) is 25 million. Remember an atoll was an Island that sank and now only the outer reefs exist. (See below for atoll formation). So you better get to Bora Bora within the next 18 million years or it will have sunk.
The main stay of this island is tourism unlike Huahine which was agriculture.
So since we just arrived I do not have a lot to report yet. But we plan to do a lot this week, so next week I will give you an update on Bora Bora and the continuing adventure.
Love Gary