Bora Bora, Society Islands, French Polynesia
You know those “beach success pictures” that you see on marketing materials? Come on, you know what we’re talking about: the person in their swimsuit,
(obviously a very young attractive person because we all know only really hot people go to the beach…)
sitting on the beach with their laptop,
(like it’s normal to use your computer at the beach…)
Looking very excited because, as the picture implies, they have spent their day playing on the sand
(we’re sure it’s not in the water because their hair is always perfect)
and, “oh I’ll just hop on the internet real quick and check my investments…”
(Come on, how many beaches have internet access? And wouldn’t you be worried about sand getting in the laptop? Or oh I dunno, water? And by the way, how are you even able to see your screen in the blazing bright sunlight? Really, who brings their computer to the beach!?)
“…and oh my goodness I’m a millionaire and I didn’t do anything! You should be like me!”
Yes, that picture. Being as Greg has a history working in the training industry and has strived to actually help people, he has always had a certain amused infatuation for this type of picture. He loves the simple ridiculousness of it. There we were in Bora Bora and we just had to get our “beachside laptop millionaire” photo:
As you can see in the background of the picture, we stayed at yet another overwater bungalow during our time as “normal tourists.” We did want to have an authentic tourist experience, after all. There were a few interesting differences from our other bungalow experience: Continue reading “Bora Bora Bungalow Life”
