Comments on: A little piece of heaven http://velvetescape.com/2009/06/a-little-piece-of-heaven/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-little-piece-of-heaven go explore. experience. and be inspired. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:04:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Swimming with manta rays in Bora Bora | Velvet Escape http://velvetescape.com/2009/06/a-little-piece-of-heaven/#comment-38770 Swimming with manta rays in Bora Bora | Velvet Escape Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:10:26 +0000 http://velvetescape.com/blog/?p=1557#comment-38770 [...] lagoon, amongst which the large manta ray. I described this experience in my Travel Journal entry, A Little Piece of Heaven: “As the boat anchored, about a dozen large manta rays glided by beneath us. What a stunning [...] [...] lagoon, amongst which the large manta ray. I described this experience in my Travel Journal entry, A Little Piece of Heaven: “As the boat anchored, about a dozen large manta rays glided by beneath us. What a stunning [...]

]]> By: Jen Laceda http://velvetescape.com/2009/06/a-little-piece-of-heaven/#comment-37486 Jen Laceda Sun, 20 Nov 2011 06:26:35 +0000 http://velvetescape.com/blog/?p=1557#comment-37486 I'm still dreaming for Bora-Bora one day and staying in one of those (expensive) over the water bungalows. Who can afford this anyway?!? I’m still dreaming for Bora-Bora one day and staying in one of those (expensive) over the water bungalows. Who can afford this anyway?!?

]]> By: velvet http://velvetescape.com/2009/06/a-little-piece-of-heaven/#comment-36999 velvet Sat, 12 Nov 2011 11:35:13 +0000 http://velvetescape.com/blog/?p=1557#comment-36999 Hi Sarah, Bora Bora is a pretty expensive destination yes but there are often great deals from the US (flight/hotel combo's). Look out for these. Cheers, Keith Hi Sarah,
Bora Bora is a pretty expensive destination yes but there are often great deals from the US (flight/hotel combo’s). Look out for these.

Cheers,
Keith

]]> By: Sarahsomewhere http://velvetescape.com/2009/06/a-little-piece-of-heaven/#comment-36959 Sarahsomewhere Fri, 11 Nov 2011 17:48:58 +0000 http://velvetescape.com/blog/?p=1557#comment-36959 Wow, I'm trying to figure out how I can get to this amazing place! Is it expensive once you're there? Thanks for sharing this piece of heaven on earth, hopefully I'll get to have my senses dazzled by Bora Bora at some point in the not too distant future... Wow, I’m trying to figure out how I can get to this amazing place! Is it expensive once you’re there? Thanks for sharing this piece of heaven on earth, hopefully I’ll get to have my senses dazzled by Bora Bora at some point in the not too distant future…

]]> By: Boatman and underwater guide doubles as performer! | velvet escape's blog http://velvetescape.com/2009/06/a-little-piece-of-heaven/#comment-7699 Boatman and underwater guide doubles as performer! | velvet escape's blog Mon, 23 May 2011 11:33:08 +0000 http://velvetescape.com/blog/?p=1557#comment-7699 [...] Read the accompanying post: ‘A Little Piece of Heaven‘. [...] [...] Read the accompanying post: ‘A Little Piece of Heaven‘. [...]

]]> By: The good life in Mendoza | velvet escape's blog http://velvetescape.com/2009/06/a-little-piece-of-heaven/#comment-7683 The good life in Mendoza | velvet escape's blog Mon, 23 May 2011 09:53:37 +0000 http://velvetescape.com/blog/?p=1557#comment-7683 [...] A little piece of heaven (Bora Bora, French Polynesia) [...] [...] A little piece of heaven (Bora Bora, French Polynesia) [...]

]]> By: Cindy http://velvetescape.com/2009/06/a-little-piece-of-heaven/#comment-6920 Cindy Tue, 15 Feb 2011 02:15:53 +0000 http://velvetescape.com/blog/?p=1557#comment-6920 great post! A friend just reposted it. I can see by the date I am a bit behind. We went to Bora Bora on our honeymoon and it was the most amazingly beautiful trip ever! If you go back the Pearl Beach Resort was fabulous as well. Thanks for helping me reconnect with my trip. May of your details, such the one strip airport island were details that stuck with us as well. If you are interested our blog about the trip can be found at: http://travellog.jeffsix.com Thanks for bringing back memories! great post! A friend just reposted it. I can see by the date I am a bit behind. We went to Bora Bora on our honeymoon and it was the most amazingly beautiful trip ever! If you go back the Pearl Beach Resort was fabulous as well. Thanks for helping me reconnect with my trip. May of your details, such the one strip airport island were details that stuck with us as well. If you are interested our blog about the trip can be found at: http://travellog.jeffsix.com
Thanks for bringing back memories!

]]> By: Jill http://velvetescape.com/2009/06/a-little-piece-of-heaven/#comment-6917 Jill Mon, 14 Feb 2011 23:12:26 +0000 http://velvetescape.com/blog/?p=1557#comment-6917 Your post brings me back, just like when we watched Couples Retreat. Bora Bora is simply stunning. Your description of the lagoon colors are spot on! Your post brings me back, just like when we watched Couples Retreat. Bora Bora is simply stunning.
Your description of the lagoon colors are spot on!

]]> By: Velvet moments: Shark, Bora Bora | velvet escape's blog http://velvetescape.com/2009/06/a-little-piece-of-heaven/#comment-3366 Velvet moments: Shark, Bora Bora | velvet escape's blog Wed, 07 Jul 2010 11:32:41 +0000 http://velvetescape.com/blog/?p=1557#comment-3366 [...] the accompanying post: ‘A Little Piece of Heaven‘. See other Velvet [...] [...] the accompanying post: ‘A Little Piece of Heaven‘. See other Velvet [...]

]]> By: Mount Otemanu, Bora Bora | The Happy Explorer http://velvetescape.com/2009/06/a-little-piece-of-heaven/#comment-3015 Mount Otemanu, Bora Bora | The Happy Explorer Thu, 03 Jun 2010 15:31:08 +0000 http://velvetescape.com/blog/?p=1557#comment-3015 [...] the accompanying post: A Little Piece of Heaven. Thursday, June 3rd, 2010 Oceania TAGS: French [...] [...] the accompanying post: A Little Piece of Heaven. Thursday, June 3rd, 2010 Oceania TAGS: French [...]

]]> By: Carol http://velvetescape.com/2009/06/a-little-piece-of-heaven/#comment-2877 Carol Mon, 24 May 2010 17:44:51 +0000 http://velvetescape.com/blog/?p=1557#comment-2877 Beautiful!! Reading this is getting me so excited to go in a few months! We also decided to splurge for the OWB. I figured I didn't want to go all that way and not stay in one. Beautiful!! Reading this is getting me so excited to go in a few months!

We also decided to splurge for the OWB. I figured I didn’t want to go all that way and not stay in one.

]]> By: velvet http://velvetescape.com/2009/06/a-little-piece-of-heaven/#comment-2776 velvet Tue, 18 May 2010 14:36:17 +0000 http://velvetescape.com/blog/?p=1557#comment-2776 Thanks for your comment Dina. You can get to Tahiti with Air Tahiti Nui or other airlines. From Tahiti, you can fly to Bora Bora (it's a 45-min flight). It's a very expensive destination but I thought it was so worth it. Cheers, Keith Thanks for your comment Dina. You can get to Tahiti with Air Tahiti Nui or other airlines. From Tahiti, you can fly to Bora Bora (it’s a 45-min flight). It’s a very expensive destination but I thought it was so worth it.

Cheers,
Keith

]]> By: Dina Rosita Koudys http://velvetescape.com/2009/06/a-little-piece-of-heaven/#comment-2775 Dina Rosita Koudys Tue, 18 May 2010 14:34:14 +0000 http://velvetescape.com/blog/?p=1557#comment-2775 Wow, it sounds heavenly, I hope I can go there someday.... What's the main transportation to go there, being in the middle of Pacific like that? Is there boat or we have to do airplane? Btw, the first picture slightly remind me of the island in the TV-show Lost. Wow, it sounds heavenly, I hope I can go there someday…. What’s the main transportation to go there, being in the middle of Pacific like that? Is there boat or we have to do airplane? Btw, the first picture slightly remind me of the island in the TV-show Lost.

]]> By: Travel Contest: The Blog Hop Is On! | velvet escape's blog http://velvetescape.com/2009/06/a-little-piece-of-heaven/#comment-2598 Travel Contest: The Blog Hop Is On! | velvet escape's blog Sun, 25 Apr 2010 20:10:56 +0000 http://velvetescape.com/blog/?p=1557#comment-2598 [...] A Little Piece of Heaven [...] [...] A Little Piece of Heaven [...]

]]> By: Lifecruiser Travel Blog http://velvetescape.com/2009/06/a-little-piece-of-heaven/#comment-2273 Lifecruiser Travel Blog Sun, 14 Mar 2010 10:45:05 +0000 http://velvetescape.com/blog/?p=1557#comment-2273 Woot! This is my ultimate dream destination! Great post and photos. That is just so fabulous.... I don't think we ever gonna go there, so I've to be satisfied with your photos here. *dreaming away* Woot! This is my ultimate dream destination! Great post and photos. That is just so fabulous…. I don’t think we ever gonna go there, so I’ve to be satisfied with your photos here. *dreaming away*

]]> By: velvet http://velvetescape.com/2009/06/a-little-piece-of-heaven/#comment-1974 velvet Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:04:45 +0000 http://velvetescape.com/blog/?p=1557#comment-1974 Hi Jayne, Thanks for your lovely comment. It really is a magical place. I can still smell the Tiare Tahiti! Simply magical indeed. Best regards, Keith Hi Jayne,
Thanks for your lovely comment. It really is a magical place. I can still smell the Tiare Tahiti! Simply magical indeed.

Best regards,
Keith

]]> By: jayne http://velvetescape.com/2009/06/a-little-piece-of-heaven/#comment-1973 jayne Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:44:43 +0000 http://velvetescape.com/blog/?p=1557#comment-1973 I have been traveling for 57 years and I've been to Bora Bora several times. When people ask where is the one place I want to return to- No contest--- it is Bora Bora. I felt like I had been born there, it really is magical. Great post, by the way. I have been traveling for 57 years and I’ve been to Bora Bora several times. When people ask where is the one place I want to return to- No contest— it is Bora Bora.
I felt like I had been born there, it really is magical. Great post, by the way.

]]> By: Patagonia: Home of the Gods (Part II) | velvet escape's blog http://velvetescape.com/2009/06/a-little-piece-of-heaven/#comment-1300 Patagonia: Home of the Gods (Part II) | velvet escape's blog Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:58:01 +0000 http://velvetescape.com/blog/?p=1557#comment-1300 [...] pinched myself several times – yes, this was for real. Seriously, if Bora Bora was a “little piece of heaven“, then Patagonia (and Torres del Paine in particular) must surely be the Home of the Gods. [...] [...] pinched myself several times – yes, this was for real. Seriously, if Bora Bora was a “little piece of heaven“, then Patagonia (and Torres del Paine in particular) must surely be the Home of the Gods. [...]

]]> By: Patagonia: Home of the Gods (Part I) | velvet escape's blog http://velvetescape.com/2009/06/a-little-piece-of-heaven/#comment-1288 Patagonia: Home of the Gods (Part I) | velvet escape's blog Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:45:30 +0000 http://velvetescape.com/blog/?p=1557#comment-1288 [...] A little piece of heaven (Bora Bora, French Polynesia) [...] [...] A little piece of heaven (Bora Bora, French Polynesia) [...]

]]> By: velvet http://velvetescape.com/2009/06/a-little-piece-of-heaven/#comment-1270 velvet Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:27:33 +0000 http://velvetescape.com/blog/?p=1557#comment-1270 Thanks Mark. It is really a stunning place. Think the post says it all.... :-) My screensaver is a picture I took of Bora Bora so I'm reminded of this little piece of heaven every day. Cheers, Keith Thanks Mark. It is really a stunning place. Think the post says it all…. :-) My screensaver is a picture I took of Bora Bora so I’m reminded of this little piece of heaven every day.

Cheers,
Keith

]]> By: Migration Mark http://velvetescape.com/2009/06/a-little-piece-of-heaven/#comment-1269 Migration Mark Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:58:58 +0000 http://velvetescape.com/blog/?p=1557#comment-1269 You have painted a wonderful picture of Bora Bora that makes me want to up and catch the next flight out of Bangkok. Mt. Otemanu looks surprisingly like Torres Del Paine of Patagonia, in the Southern part of Chile. Quite the opposite sides of the earth but both stunning. You have painted a wonderful picture of Bora Bora that makes me want to up and catch the next flight out of Bangkok.

Mt. Otemanu looks surprisingly like Torres Del Paine of Patagonia, in the Southern part of Chile. Quite the opposite sides of the earth but both stunning.

]]> By: Plane views: Bora Bora | velvet escape's blog http://velvetescape.com/2009/06/a-little-piece-of-heaven/#comment-1063 Plane views: Bora Bora | velvet escape's blog Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:04:28 +0000 http://velvetescape.com/blog/?p=1557#comment-1063 [...] Read my Travel Journal article about my trip to Bora Bora. [...] [...] Read my Travel Journal article about my trip to Bora Bora. [...]

]]> By: Some lazy days in Salta | velvet escape's blog http://velvetescape.com/2009/06/a-little-piece-of-heaven/#comment-1049 Some lazy days in Salta | velvet escape's blog Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:12:50 +0000 http://velvetescape.com/blog/?p=1557#comment-1049 [...] A little piece of heaven (Bora Bora, French Polynesia) [...] [...] A little piece of heaven (Bora Bora, French Polynesia) [...]

]]> By: The Spectacular Bus Ride from San Pedro de Atacama to Salta | velvet escape’s blog http://velvetescape.com/2009/06/a-little-piece-of-heaven/#comment-834 The Spectacular Bus Ride from San Pedro de Atacama to Salta | velvet escape’s blog Mon, 03 Aug 2009 23:45:19 +0000 http://velvetescape.com/blog/?p=1557#comment-834 [...] A little piece of heaven (Bora Bora, French Polynesia) [...] [...] A little piece of heaven (Bora Bora, French Polynesia) [...]

]]> By: Ten tips for planning a RTW trip | velvet escape's blog http://velvetescape.com/2009/06/a-little-piece-of-heaven/#comment-393 Ten tips for planning a RTW trip | velvet escape's blog Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:07:18 +0000 http://velvetescape.com/blog/?p=1557#comment-393 [...] A little piece of heaven [...] [...] A little piece of heaven [...]

]]> By: velvet http://velvetescape.com/2009/06/a-little-piece-of-heaven/#comment-369 velvet Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:53:11 +0000 http://velvetescape.com/blog/?p=1557#comment-369 You're gushing! LOL! Thanks as always for your comment. :-) Cheers, Keith You’re gushing! LOL!
Thanks as always for your comment. :-)

Cheers,
Keith

]]> By: jen laceda http://velvetescape.com/2009/06/a-little-piece-of-heaven/#comment-368 jen laceda Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:47:28 +0000 http://velvetescape.com/blog/?p=1557#comment-368 Oh my god, I almost cried after reading this post. Perhaps it's not only because of the beauty of BOB, but also that you had such an amazing experience (and I haven't). When will I ever get to BOB?? When I do, I will most certainly cry, too...knowing the happy, sappy soul that I am. That photo of Mount Otemanu is so painfully and absolutely stunning, brilliant, awesome, gorgeous...I'm running out of superlatives! Oh, this is a photographer's paradise! Can you tell that I'm gushing right now? Thanks for sharing, Keith! Oh my god, I almost cried after reading this post. Perhaps it’s not only because of the beauty of BOB, but also that you had such an amazing experience (and I haven’t). When will I ever get to BOB?? When I do, I will most certainly cry, too…knowing the happy, sappy soul that I am. That photo of Mount Otemanu is so painfully and absolutely stunning, brilliant, awesome, gorgeous…I’m running out of superlatives! Oh, this is a photographer’s paradise! Can you tell that I’m gushing right now? Thanks for sharing, Keith!

]]> By: velvet http://velvetescape.com/2009/06/a-little-piece-of-heaven/#comment-358 velvet Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:42:07 +0000 http://velvetescape.com/blog/?p=1557#comment-358 Hi Amy, Thanks for your comment. I can definitely recommend a visit - it surely is one of those once-in-a-lifetime experiences, at least it was for me! Cheers, Keith Hi Amy,
Thanks for your comment. I can definitely recommend a visit – it surely is one of those once-in-a-lifetime experiences, at least it was for me!

Cheers,
Keith

]]> By: Amy @ The Q Family http://velvetescape.com/2009/06/a-little-piece-of-heaven/#comment-357 Amy @ The Q Family Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:33:34 +0000 http://velvetescape.com/blog/?p=1557#comment-357 Thanks for sharing. You have transported me to Bora Bora with you. Now, I guess I have to start saving up to visit this little piece of paradise one of these days! Thanks for sharing. You have transported me to Bora Bora with you. Now, I guess I have to start saving up to visit this little piece of paradise one of these days!

]]> By: velvet http://velvetescape.com/2009/06/a-little-piece-of-heaven/#comment-355 velvet Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:51:13 +0000 http://velvetescape.com/blog/?p=1557#comment-355 Thanks for your comment Erica, and for the award! That's very cool! :-) Cheers, Keith Thanks for your comment Erica, and for the award! That’s very cool! :-)

Cheers,
Keith

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