Friday, January 26, 2018

Report #25 Vaitape, Bora Bora, French Polynesia January 24, 2018 Wednesday 79 degrees & Chance of rain Part #4 Of 4 58 Pictures

Final shots…..

 

Clear shot of the peak

 

Evangelical Church

 

Marina out of Vaitape

 

Easy way to get across the lagoon

 

Nice boats in the harbor

 

Visibility was better in the afternoon

 

Another extremely steep driveway

 

The opposite end of Vaitape

 

An odd-shaped transport

 

The motu in the distance houses the highend resorts

 

Clouds drift over the peaks

 

Some construction happening here

 

Almost inaccessible

 

Kayakers racing our tenders

 

The Wind Spirit had a little water taxi

 

Coastline out of town

 

Long way around

 

You can walk it, if you have time

 

Prefer to ride the shuttle

 

Motu huts

 

Seen better days

 

The Wind Spirit stayed in the lagoon

 

Isolated

 

A private vessel

 

Little water taxi of Windstar

 

No sail away today….leaving at 11pm

 

Strong rowers

 

The quay at Vaitape

 

A pier in the lagoon

 

Downtown of Vaitape

 

Nice way to sail

 

The sun would go down soon

 

This motu was blocking the sunset

 

Changes the color of the scenery

 

Deserted

 

Sun going away

 

Most folks were dining in the Lido

 

Missing the sunset

 

Clouds getting color

 

Still pretty good

 

Still hot outside

 

Wonder if this property will be renewed?

 

The Love Boat

 

A second speed boat

 

One lone crane

 

Flying to a motu

 

They may be over-nighting

 

Enjoying the view, as we won’t be back here next yyear

 

Quiet end of town

 

Sleepy town after dark

 

Tender had a few customers

 

Getting dark

 

Half moon perhaps

 

Lido decorated for Polynesian Cook-In

 

Green lights and lanterns

 

Hamming it up with the waiters

 

A make-shift bar

 

Usual desserts