The mainland...

Today was the day to really investigate the main island of Bora Bora...by bike! Did I mention it's hot here, really hot? We rode for 3 hours, fun but I was never so happy to see that Avis sign reappear...we couldn't dunk ourselves in the water fast enough when we got back to the Hilton! Luckily we took bottles of water with us and we stopped for lunch as well as a break now and then. We were on the hunt for Bloody Mary's, a restaurant that was highly recommended.

Our first resting point, the rode is narrow and quite scary as cars and scooters slow down [sorta] to pass you. I just kept praying that they'd see us and not hit us!

We wanted to see Mitira, which is a bay area, and there are restaurants, galleries and hotels in this area. It's not what you would think, some of the galleries and shops are in homes, that you wouldn't really care to wander into...

We passed Bloody Mary's and then hit it on our way back for lunch. As you can see from the pics below, this is obviously a hit for the stars as well! We are wondering when they will add our names to the list? :)

Fun inside, notice the sand floors, most of the restaurants here have sand floors and are open air...I love that! We are thinking that building one of these back home would be a total hit!

The bathroom was awesome, open air and to use the [sink] you pulled a ring from the ceiling and the water came down a waterfall of stones for you to wash your hands!

The ride was beautiful, I concentrated on the beauty and not the cars/scooters ready to take me out!!

But I was soooooooooo glad to see this sign, both Dan and I were totally sweaty and grimy from our ride, but fulfilled that we had seen more of the island culture and beauty!