Bye Bye Sofitel, HELLO 4 Seasons

Wednesday came so quickly and it was time for us to move to our next hotel, which was on the motu and a bit more private. We arrived at the new hotel about 11:30am and were greeted with shell leis. We squared away the important stuff and then were whisked away to our over-the-water bungalow, which was phenomenal. It was huge, with its own living room area, separate garden tub and shower, plus the balcony which had a table and lounge chairs, and not to mention stairs that led into the ocean.


Here is Mike enjoying the ocean beneath our bungalow.


We settled in and then booked some activites for the morning hours. We were suppose to take it easy here, but didn't do that. Next we went over to the Lagoon Sanctuary that was specially created for the hotel. You can take tours with the marine biologists or just snorkel it yourself and see all the cool looking fish and coral. Mike and I decided to do it ourselves, so off we went into the lagoon. We were able to see all kinds of colorful fish and some schools of fish. Again, couldn't tell you which ones. We saw this one long, thin, white fish that had a very long nose? maybe...i don't know, but it was cool. There's also an octopus in the lagoon, but we couldn't find it. They say when you take the tour, the guide finds it and pulls it out for you..hmmm

We headed back to our bunaglow and swam in the ocean around the bungalow, just because. We got ready and right before the sun started to set, we received our complimentry champagne and chef chocolates to enjoy out on the balcony. This hotel knows what they are doing as every complimentry item came at the perfect moment. Mike and I toasted again and watched the sunset. Mike even managed to get our picture by using the timer on our camera. I don't know how to work that feature, but I'm glad he does. It was a nice way to start off the second half of our honeymoon.



After the sunset we headed into the main restaurant for dinner. One thing about the hotel, it was so big that they had you call the front desk and ask for a ride in the golf cart. The restaurant was very nice, and we tried to get some pictures of the courses since they were presented so nice, but this is all I got for Mike's first course.

He was hungry. No savoring at all.