This guy was incredible. He was our guide in Bora Bora, both above and under the water, boat captain and performer! Read the accompanying post: ‘A Little Piece of Heaven‘. Search for hotels in Bora Bora.
Velvet moments: travel photo of the week – Shark, Bora Bora
In the late-afternoons, baby black-tip sharks would swim past right under the deck of my overwater hotel bungalow in Bora Bora. Read the accompanying post: ‘A Little Piece of Heaven‘. See other Velvet moments: Murals of Valparaiso, Chile Floating villages, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia Zanzibar, Tanzania Lago Grey, Torres del Paine, Chile Pompeii, Italy Bora Bora, [...]
Velvet moments: travel photo of the week – Bora Bora, French Polynesia
Bora Bora, French Polynesia from the air. Read the accompanying post: ‘Plane Views: Bora Bora‘ See other Velvet moments: Serengeti, Tanzania Sacred Water Temple, Bali, Indonesia Masaai Mara, Kenya Iguazu Falls, Brazil/Argentina Valle de la Luna, Chile Positano, Italy Buenos Aires, Argentina Seminyak, Indonesia Lang Tengah island, Malaysia Perito Moreno Glacier, Argentina The Great Ocean [...]
A little piece of heaven
A little piece of heaven (a page from my Travel Journal) I remember a quote by the late Pavarotti (bless his soul) when he first visited Pangkor Laut, an upscale resort in Malaysia. He said that when he saw the island, he wept because it was so beautiful – obviously, the resort uses that quote [...]
Plane views: Bora Bora
Bora Bora had always been at the top of my must-visit list. I’d seen countless pictures of this famous atoll in so many publications and it always looked stunning, both on the ground and from the air. So, when I boarded the flight from Tahiti, I hoped and prayed that I’d chosen the right side of [...]
velvet escape’s ‘Stayed There’ feature: Sofitel Motu Bora Bora
The new velvet escape’s ‘Stayed There’ feature is a series of reviews of hotels and resorts I’ve stayed at. They’re being featured on this blog because… well, they’re amazing (for a variety of reasons) and scored well on the jaw-dropping scale. The very first ‘Stayed There’ feature is Sofitel Motu Bora Bora. This small-scale resort [...]
About Keith Jenkins
I'm Keith Jenkins. In July 2008, I left my ten-year banking career to travel around the world. I've not looked back since.
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