Thursday, September 13, 2007

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Formal Nights and Moorea

Okay, finally my last post of my trip!! haha.. sorry it has taken me so long to post it all but i wanted to put up all the different locations!! :)

Killing time while my mom finishes getting ready...

My excitement for the trip!
Erin and I at dinner

Windy balcony


Plamen and the baked Alaska

Waving the napkins for the baked alaska parade



Nikolay and our baked alaska! (not as good as the ones on my alaska cruise mind you!!)

Table 40, First Sitting.. this was what we liked to call ourselves since we were always a team for trivia and different things!! So much fun!

Me kissing my dolphin buddy

Contrary to popular belief, I am NOT naked in this picture.. haha.. funny though, because it totally looks like it!

My mom and I holding the dolphin!! An amazing experience to swim with some of the dolphins-they are amazing animals!





View of the two lagoons from the top of Moorea


Old sacrifical temple grounds



Huts.. only 1000 US a night!

Moorea was probably my most favorite island-so beautiful!! However, I have the least pictures of it. I am learning that sometimes I need to just put down my camera and take in all the beauty around me, knowing that the experience will still be valuable even if I do not get a picture of it (sometimes hard for me)..

So that's my trip!! There will be more updates on the last couple of weeks soon!

Friday, September 07, 2007

Bora Bora


We went on a 4x4 around Bora Bora. We went up to the north, south, east and west points which all entailed going up crazy steep steep steep hills. I really thought we would tip a few times, because we were literally heading straight up the mountain!! But the views from the top were absolutely breathtaking. I have lots more pics and my pictures dont' really do it justice, but they'll have to do in order to give you an idea of how incredibly beautiful it was!!

The reason Bora Bora is the main tourist island is because the U.S. set up their cannons for world war II on the island and built roads all over the island.. kind of established it as more accessible

The jeep we got to drive in.

The road along the coast


An oyster farm that we visited-very interesting!

Oysters!!



Every tour you went on, the guide would cut up tons of fruits. This guide intricately carved our pinneaple for us!





Our friends Erin and Nate
The fish we saw in the submarine under the water