We Failed At Sailing

Exactly one week ago we rented a sailboat with a captain. The sailboat was a catamaran and was the same length as our RV, 41 ft. Like I said we had a captain who is French and could speak English fluently. We left port at lunch time and motored over to one of the mottos. Mom got seasick so Dad decided to rent a hotel room for her to sleep in. We had to sail to the other side of the island where the hotel was. We still had the boat for four nights, but we decided to all sleep in the hotel and use the boat only during the day. We spent two days in Raitea and two days in Bora-Bora. Over all, we stayed mainly on land and did not use the sailboat. I bet the captain liked us though!

On our last two days in Moorea we meet up with a family of six kids, their parents, and their grandparents. I became good friends with the two boys in the family, Jasik and Colton. Jasik is eight and Colton is twelve. We happened to meet up with the Budges, which is their last name, in Bora-Bora at the Hotel dad had rented. We stayed there two nights and we mostly just stayed around the hotel the whole time. We did go to the Tiki show with the Budges but it was not as good as the first one we saw. We went swimming at the pool lot! When we left the hotel we coincidentally meet them again at our next hotel in Papatee.

We stayed in Papatee three nights at the Intercontinental.  The Intercontinental is so big that whenever you order room service they drive it to you in a truck.  They have a huge pool with a waterfall and a beach pool.  There is also an enclosed saltwater pond right next to the ocean that has saltwater flowing through it.  There are a bunch of different kinds of fish that are kept in it for snorkelers.  The Budges only stayed there for one night but at least we got to say goodbye.  While we were there we went swimming four times, once even at night.

We left Tahiti with hopes of being able to return someday.  The plane ride was only eight hours this time and they served breakfast and lunch.  It was probably the best airplane food we have ever eaten and my parents both agreed.  We stayed one night in LA then drove the next day to Santa Barbara.  We are going to my Dad's business partner's son's wedding on Saturday.  On Sunday we get home at six p.m.!