{"id":18516,"date":"2016-04-18T06:00:51","date_gmt":"2016-04-18T13:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/?p=18516"},"modified":"2016-04-17T13:46:56","modified_gmt":"2016-04-17T20:46:56","slug":"the-glass-bottom-boat-in-bora-bora","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/18516","title":{"rendered":"The Glass Bottom Boat in Bora Bora"},"content":{"rendered":"

No, this article has nothing to do with the 1966 movie starring Doris Day and Rod Taylor, although now that I’ve written that, Google will probably link to this article as if it were about the movie.<\/p>\n

The glass bottom boat I’m talking about is a tourist boat in Bora Bora (one of several, I’m sure) that allows visitors to observe sharks and sting rays through glass panels in the bottom of the boat. Well, I not only rode in the glass bottom boat, I was allowed to drive it!<\/p>\n

\"You<\/a>

You can trust Captain Steve<\/p><\/div>\n

SOURCE: You can trust Captain Steve (Bora Bora, French Polynesia); photographed for Stephen J. Danko on 07 April 2016.<\/p>\n

\"Lemon<\/a>

Lemon Shark (Negaprion brevirostris<\/em>)<\/p><\/div>\n

SOURCE: Lemon Shark (Negaprion brevirostris<\/em>) (Bora Bora, French Polynesia); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 07 April 2016.<\/p>\n

While most eyes were viewing the sea creatures, magnificent frigatebirds and great crested terns wheeled about in the skies above, looking for lunch.<\/p>\n

\"Magnificent<\/a>

Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens<\/em>)<\/p><\/div>\n

SOURCE: Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens<\/em>)\u00c2\u00a0(Bora Bora, French Polynesia); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 07 April 2016.<\/p>\n

\"Greater<\/a>

Greater Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii<\/em>)<\/p><\/div>\n

SOURCE: Greater Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii<\/em>)\u00c2\u00a0(Bora Bora, French Polynesia); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 07 April 2016.<\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2016 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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