Tahiti, French Polynesian Islands

As promised I have a more detailed post on our recent trip to the french polynesian islands. Our first stop on the trip was 4 days in Tahiti at the Intercontinental Resort 

While we were planning this vacation our travel agent suggested that we visit more than just Bora Bora so we decided to split up the vacation and visit Tahiti, Moorea, and Bora Bora. Tahiti was the first stop for us. We arrived around 9pm {there time} the first night and a lot of people were staying at the Intercontinental as well. 

After spending a few days there we realized that most people do not stay in Tahiti too long. Most people only stay for a night or two. You have to fly into Tahiti first and then get on another plane to travel to the other islands. 

The hotel was very nice and we loved our overwater bungalow with a view of the mountains and sail boats.

While we were in Tahiti we wanted to do a few excursions so we decided to do a tour of the mountains and inside the old volcano. It was so beautiful and I loved all the waterfalls! 

 Coral right off our bungalow

We both agreed that if we went back we would not plan to stay in Tahiti for that long again. The hotel overall was really nice and we were pleased with the service we received. You just have to remember that you are at a resort on an island so the cost of things {breakfast, drinks} is escalated. 

If anyone has any questions about our trip leave a comment! 

Thanks for reading!

xo, Alina

Back from Bora Bora!

We are BACK from vacation and boy was it amazing! Such a dream trip we had such a great time! I wanted to post of few pics from all the islands quickly and then go back to each island and post more pics and discuss the hotels, and activities we did later. So don't miss those posts coming soon :)

Also check out my Instagram because I posted a few photos of each island while I was there. 

We loved all the free champs!

Sunsets in Moorea were spectacular!!

Shane and I watching sunset together 

Amazing view from breakfast in Moorea

 Patio in our room in Moorea with a POOL! 

BORA BORA!!

 Lounging in the amazing beach couches they had on the beach in Bora Bora

Beach in Bora Bora at the Four Seasons 

The water color in Bora Bora was so incredible I have never seen anything like it. The lagoons were so fun because they weren't too deep so it was perfect for cooling off if you needed to. The temperatures in the French Polynesian Islands when we were there was perfect! 

We loved all the islands but when we left we both said that we will definitely return to visit Bora Bora again! It was the best! 

xo, Alina

Honeymoon Details

Hey everyone! Thanks for stopping by today :) I decided to do a quick post on our honeymoon{s}. I have been so excited about our upcoming trip I didn't want to blog about it and jinx anything. Since the trip is less than a month away I figured I would go ahead. 

So right after our wedding in March we went on a short Norwegian Cruise to the Bahamas. It was so relaxing and the perfect thing to do after all the stress of the wedding. When we were planning our honeymoon I really wanted to go to the French Polynesian Islands. Unfortunately their rainy season lasts until early May. After talking to a travel agent about it and looking at hotels we decided to go ahead and go to Tahiti, Moorea, and Bora Bora in June. 

It is definitely hard to contain my excitement about this trip! I have been preparing my wardrobe for months! Even scoring this dress on Ebay for the trip. 

We leave for Tahiti on June 8 and fly from Miami to LA then LA to Tahiti. The first place we are staying is the beautiful Intercontinental Resort. 

Tahiti is one of the larger islands which means there will be a TON of fun activities to do there. We plan on doing a lot of boating, fishing, and possibly hiking ;).  We are staying in one of those awesome over water bungalows. After Tahiti we get on a small plane and puddle jump to Moorea. Here we will be staying at the Hilton Moorea. 

Here we are actually staying on the island in a beach bungalow. I thought it would be nice to change it up since we are also staying in an overwater bungalow in Bora Bora. Moorea is a little smaller than Tahiti but this hotel has a lot of activities that I am excited about as well. It is just insanely beautiful! 

The last part of the trip we will be staying at the Four Seasons in Bora Bora. I am probably most excited about this. My idea of a perfect vacation is just sitting on the beach all day reading a book. Bora Bora is more secluded than the other islands so we will be doing a lot of swimming and tanning. I could do that for the whole 13 nights but Shane likes to be active. So this last part of the trip will be very relaxing after exploring the other islands. 

I am looking forward to spending time with Shane vacationing. Shane an I both share "quality time" as a love language and it is very important that we get alone time often. 

I hope y'all enjoyed this post. If you have any questions for me leave them below :) 

xo, Alina