...and no, not me, but we are starting to figure this all out. We have found the French Polynesian people to be very quiet, they talk quiet, walk quiet...it is very peaceful here. They are very laid back and are ready to help you with anything. The language- now that's a little challenging...I may as well throw the French book away...I'm trying to figure out what they are saying, but it doesn't look like anything in the book...thankfully, most of them speak pretty good English. The money- that's been interesting, they have xpf [CFP Franc] here, whatever the heck that is...we went to the grocery store today and our bill was 8200, by my calculation that is $97. What did we buy? Not much...in figuring out the bill once we got back to our room, the bottle of Yellow Tail Pinot Grigio was $22 and the Heineken beer was $18 for a six pack...hmmm, cheaper than the bar but not by much! The bread, on the other hand...huge loaves of Italian bread, freshly baked was about 50 cents a loaf...we have decided that is probably why most of the locals appear to be well fed here :)
The Hilton is on an Islet, that means you can only get to the actual city of Bora Bora by boat. They have a boat that takes you there and runs every hour. So we got up this morning, ate early and were on the 1st boat at 8am.
We walked thru town, narrow streets, definitely feeling a bit dangerous on those roads as cars and scooters buzz by you. We were on the lookout for the supermarket when I saw Chin Lee's, I at first thought is was a Chinese restaurant...but nope, it's a grocery store. We got our stuff and headed back to the launch so we could get the 9am boat back to the Hilton.
Another relaxing day ahead...now that our chores are done :)
5 comments:
Love that you went to the grocery store first thing - SO what I would (and do) do... and the $$ conversion is hysterical, love the cheap bread part! And the pic with U. Dan and the bread is funny, too. :o)
Looks beautiful!!! Can't wait to see more. This foreign blogging is quite fun!
P.S. my iPad2 is shipping tomorrow!
I have to say you are looking pretty cute to go grocery shopping.....love your outfit....and your new little purse....really cute! And the bread.....aaah....bread!
Who needs other food when there's bread??? :) That hammock looks like it's calling your name. LOVE that you can share with us! Thanks for taking the time!
looks like so much fun! love dad in his shades... oh brother. don't eat too much bread! and yes, your outfit looks super cute!
I agree, great outfit! Bread sounds good to me (:
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