Bora Bound

11.05.09 - Day 4 of our vacation

We began our last morning on the island of Moorea with a 3 mile run... nothing like running next to the beach (actually on the beach in the sand is a different story). It was fun to run with my hubby (and made me feel better about eating all of those Magnum Carmel bars). We had breakfast, packed up our stuff, said goodbye to our darling little beach bungalow and headed for the airport.

We flew from Moorea to the fabulous island of Bora Bora (40 minute flight). The Bora Bora airport is on an island, so everyone was taken by boat to their respective hotels. I have never seen anything as beautiful as the island of Bora Bora.

As we pulled up to the St. Regis*, we were blown away. There were 2 employees waiting for us on the dock with cool towels and juice. They quickly checked us in and showed us around the resort in a golf cart... the hotel was nothing short of incredible.

When we walked into our over-the-water hotel bungalow, we about died. This photo of Peter was taken right after our "butler" Richard left.

We literally could not contain ourselves.

We had our own dock in the back where we could jump into the ocean whenever we pleased and we did just that... hopped into our swimsuits and jumped in! Amazing.

After swimming, we freshened up and dined at one of the hotel restaurants, Jean George for dinner. Everything about this day was surprising, beautiful and beyond anything I have ever experienced.

*we found out when we arrived at the hotel that the recent movie "Couples Retreat" was filmed at the resort. The cast and crew rented the entire resort throughout the duration of filming. Kinda cool.