LOVE IN THE SOUTH SEAS 3 / bali hai hotel to silver ship

+MARIAN LOVED BALI HAI HOTEL+

>on the island of moorea and we stayed there<

>on five glorious occasions as i also loved it<

+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+

+>>>>/ PAUL GAUGUIN)+

>and was interested in paul gauguin's work<

>plus polynesian culture, art & architecture<

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+THREE NEWPORT BEACH+

>american surfers, "the bali hai boys"<

>built the "bali hai hotel"& designed<

+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+

+>>> / BALI HAI HOTEL)+

>the early over the water bungalows<

>that are very >relaxing & popular<

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+MARIAN PASSED AWAY+

>in december of 2003 but enjoyed<

>thirty years of european & tahiti<

+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+

+>/ MARIAN OLSEN RAY)+

>travel in the summers with me<

>including my london lectures<

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 >tonight's photos are a combine of archival<
>extracts from our bali hai hotel journeys in<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+/ ISLAND OF MOOREA)+
>moorea to some photos inside the silver<
>ship made in marian's last decade of life<
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 >the over water bungalows at the bali hai<
>hotel are protected from storm waves by<
+(GOOGLE : BALI HAI+
+HOTEL / MOOREA)+
>a coral reef that encircles moorea island<
>(they are popular and more expensive)<
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>the original bali hai hotel has been replaced<
>by a second version located on cooks bay<
+(GOOGLE : "BALI+
+>>>HAI BOYS")+
>(two of the three "bal hai boys" still live)<
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 >marian and i loved the old bali hai hotel<
>on moorea which was built across the<
+(OUR BALI HAI+
+>BUNGALOW+)
>road from a beautiful plantation house<
>for growing vanilla (now a boutique)<
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 >early in our life together, marian developed<
>a love for the colors of the tropic syndrome<
+(MARIAN AND I WERE+
+MARRIED 48 YEARS)+ !
>and we found fabulous dresses for her in<
>the boutique of >moorea's bali hai hotel<
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 >the french cooking at the hotel was very<
>good but marian & i also loved a small<
+(ALFRESCO FRENCH+
+DINING / MOOREA)+
>nearby restaurant we could easily walk<
>to called "le case" it was magnificent<
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 >the beautiful "pareo fabrics"are sold all over<
>the island of moorea at small boutiques and<
+(FRENCH FASHION MEETS+
+POLYNESIAN RADIANCE)+
>the hotels….our favorite boutique was in an<
>ornate 19th century vanilla plantation house<
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 >marian was a brillient scholar, earning a<
>phi beta kappa key upon graduation as a<
+(MARIAN EARNED HER+
+PHI BETA KAPPA KEY)+
>specialist in english literature from sdsu<
>and working as a scripps inst. librarian<
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 >marian loved our silver ship home & studio<
>and we enjoyed many family occasions w/<
+(MARIAN >LOVED FLOWERS+
+IN OUR"SHIP"LIVING ROOM)+
>the greenhouse type living room providing<
>much daylight & 180 degree canyon views<
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>our son derek, as many of you know has<

>two fine vocations…1) a teacher with a<

+(GOOGLE : DEREK RAY /+

+"SAN DIEGO READER")+

>dedication for teaching special ed children<

>2) writer-photographer of >travel poetics<

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 >our daughters bronwen & lesley seen with<
>marian here spent many years in the silver<
+(BRONWEN & LESLEY+
+OUR 2 DAUGHTERS)+
>ship w/ their own rooms.. graduating from<
>lajolla high & going on to >positive lives<
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 >we much preferred the round dining<
>table to an earlier rectangular table &<
+(SILVER SHIP ROUND+
+DINING TABLE 1990s)+
>especially w/ its expansion potential<
>by adding a central >mahogany leaf<
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>marian died in the silver ship but with<
>many happy memories of the beauty<
+(MARIAN AT A BALI+
+HAI 1990s SUNSET)+
>of the south seas and hotel bali hai<
>her very favorite vacation location<
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+THE NIGHT MARIAN DIED+
+AMAZING EVENTS WERE+
>(google :> eugene ray /<
>the night marian died)<
+ACTIVATED RADIANTLY+
+IN >>OUR BEDROOM<<+ !
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu