Our Wedding - The Wedding Deck on top of Aspen Mountain
21st September
2008
written by bob

Saturday, September 13
We slept in today and I’m pretty sure that Katherine had a bit of a hangover. So after a slow start to the day, we decided to do a little shopping in Vaitape, the tiny village across the lagoon from our resort. Vaitape was quite a small town and in no more than 20 mins we have walked from one end to the other. Food was a top priority so we stopped for lunch at a small stand that offered various baguettes. I honestly couldn’t get enough of these sandwiches while there. I love my French bread! There were quite a few craft shops and we browsed through most of them. Katherine bought some wraps for around the pool and at the beach and I bought some stingray stickers for my snowboard. Odd, yes, I know but that was the point. One thing we noticed in Vaitape was the constant smell of burning garbage. As the day wore on, this became increasingly annoying and very unpleasant. Ever seen an Avis Rental location that rented bicycles? Yep…here in Bora Bora they do! After being content with our site seeing in the village we decided to visit the local grocery store and pick up a few things for back in our hut.

Grocery shopping was a trip. Since we were in a foreign country we had to browse through the entire store and see what/how products differed from the US. We saw a lot of products that we considered ‘weird’; things like prawn flavored cracker strips, shrimp flavored cheese cubes, grape Powerade that was green in color, Kat Kat Tat pastry (hazelnut), Texas BBQ sauce flavored Pringles, and gigantic green pamplemousse (grapefruit). We purchased what we needed and headed back to the resort for an afternoon of pool side relaxation.

We caught the ferry boat back across the lagoon and detoured to find the on-site resort internet. We found the resort computers hidden away near the koi pond. There were actually 2 computers only 1 of which worked. And boy, was it SLOOOOOWWW! It seriously felt like it was on dial-up. We didn’t stay long and only checked email then left. On our way back to our hut, we ran into Tim and Alex whom we met in Moorea on the dolphin/whale watching tour. It looks like they booked pretty much the identical honeymoon package as we did. Then it was pool-side for some relaxation.

Later, we retired to our hut to get ready for dinner at Otemanu, the restaurant at the resort. Prior to our reservation, we decided to partake in the daily Happy Hour with our favorite bartender, Maria. As always, Maria kept our drinks full. Our reservation time approached and our table was ready. We were fortunate to be seated outside, down the stairs/walkway near the water. A table for 2 was set up in a great location for us two newlyweds. Along with excellent food was a good bottle of red wine. (No one sees the theme here, right?)

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