One of the fun things to do on board is boat building. You must build your boat out of recycled trash found on the ship.  This year there were 6 teams.  The ship must carry a 2.2-pound, 1 kg tin of caviar from one end of the pool to the other.  Three boats successfully made the journey. 

This was the clear winner.

Bora Bora was a rain out. Quite litterly.  No beach day for us.  However, it was nice and warm.  I sat by the pool and watched the rain. We never saw the top of the mountain this time.

Here in Paradice, it rains champagne.  See the bubbles on the deck? 

Another day, another Island and better weather, still rainy, but with dry breaks.  Huahine Island is very beautiful.

Another ad for small ships, look at how narrow the entrance to this bay is here.  No way a larger cruise ship could ever stop here.  All the better for us. 

As we sail away, Kim and I enjoy sitting on the quiet deck.  I’m out where the wind is keeping me cool , that little orange dot tucked in the center of the ship is Kim keeping warm out of the wind.  No surprise there.

This morning, we are in Papeete, Tahiti.  This is the end of the first leg on our trip.  85 passengers get off here today and head home.  I’ll let you know soon how many get on here, hopefully not too many.  I don’t know why I even say that it is never crowded anywhere on this ship, ever.  

Here’s a breakdown of where the passengers live, by country.  Notice that there are no Asian cruisers, that’s very unusual.  I also took note that there were no women pushing their husbands in wheelchairs, although, there were several women in wheelchairs this time, that is very different from what we normally see.  When I see a woman pushing her husband, I pray that never happens to us.  If a wheelchair ever enters our relationship, I would be happy to push Kim everywhere.   

Well people, it finally happened!

It’s time for Pool Chrinicles, you just can’t make this shit up.

When talking about the cold weather in the US, the guy at the table next to me said “I’m worried about my kids, they’re going to freeze, they have no heaters in their house, all they have is a heat pump”. I’m assuming that all my readers know enough about heat pumps and the term HVAC, which stands for heating, ventalation, and air conditioning. I guess they must have just bought an eat pump, they left out the H part.

Another guy says “we broke 2 records today, we were only ashore for 20 minutes and we didn’t spend a dime. Both were probobly because we realized we had no cash or cards with us”.

As one couple got up from their table, he said “We’ll see you in the Observation Bar at Gin til 5”.

On Bora Bora the ship announced that all 4 x 4 tours were cancelled due to incliment weather. Guess they don’t understand the workings of a 4 x 4.

And, this morning a lady told Kim to enjoy her youth while she can. I told you we are on the young side of the curve.

More later…….