Reluctantly we will bid farewell to Hotel Bora Bora this afternoon. Our boat taxi will pick us up at 1:40.

This hotel gets it right. There are so many hospitible, gracious touches everywhere you look I can't mention them all. They had a cocktail party on the beach last night that was really lovely. Guests and staff mingled together and they served drinks out of one of the hotel canoes that they had filled with ice earlier in the day. A local family serenaded us.

I am actually ready to go home. It's been almost six weeks since we left and I am ready to get back to my own little corner of the world. It's been a great trip.