Bora Bora - Day 5

Second day on Bora Bora: at noon we met our guide for a shark and ray feeding in the reefs of Bora Bora. He took us and two other couples to a coral garden where we got to snorkel with some beautiful exotic fish. We looked for Nemo, but couldn't find him! Then our guide took us to a very shallow lagoon where we were surrounded by enormous manta rays - at least 30 of them! They were very happy, friendly and curious. We loved how the swam up our chests and backs looking for food. Their tummies feel like wet mushrooms! After we played with the rays for a while, our guide took us to Shark Bay where we could snorkel near some really cool sharks. There were several kinds (no, not bull sharks), but we were most impressed by the lemon sharks. We were disapointed not to see any sharks eat any prey, but we were happy not to be the prey! After our fantastic excursion, Nate and I still had big plans in store for that evening. We left out private island resort for the main island of Bora Bora, where we had dinner at the famous Bloody Mary's. We loved being able to pick our own meat right as we walked in, and walk barefoot in the sand-bottomed restaurant. The picture of us below was taken by an island-crazy guy named Rick who at least claimed to be the owner! We had a very fun dinner.