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Seeing Bora Bora from the air for the first time is an experience to which nothing can compare. The island looks just like a necklace of emerald and pearl on a background setting of turquoise velvet. Then the plane lands, you board a motor launch to get to the island, and the incredible sight from the air suddenly becomes nothing when comparing with what lays ahead. The world breathtaking is neither an exaggeration nor a figurative term to describe this spectacular lagoon. There is not one shade of blue, or two, or three. The many shades of blue are like waves that come upon you, one after another, and the crystallized water only makes you feel more overwhelmed with its beauty. More than likely, your first thought would be, "This must be heaven." No, it's not heaven. It's only Bora Bora, but that makes it even better than heaven because it is within reach. Leave a Comment
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| | | | Welcome Home To French Polynesia | Tip Rating: | | | | |
Every time we are back on the islands, it feels like coming home. We would look for each curve on the road to tell us where we are. When we stay at Club Bali Hai, which is most of the time, we could know the distance from any point between the airports to the hotel and we could feel ourselves become more relax with each kilometre. French Polynesia does that to you, even if you are not a frequent visitor. On the first visit, you will feel awed by the beauty. You will go snorkelling, swimming with the dolphins, riding around the island, buying pareo, postcards, and souvenirs, watching a Polynesian show, snapping a lot of pictures, the usually tourist stuff. On the second visit, you will still feel awed by the beauty but you also expect the tranquillity that comes with it, you will do snorkelling and taking pictures but you will feel less inclined to do many other activities, and writing postcards become an obligation instead of pleasure. On the third visit, you will just take in the beauty without being overwhelmed by it, and you will not buy a single postcard. With each frequent visit, you will do less and less. You will think a quiet swim by yourself or snorkelling with your companion is enough activity for the day. When you call Moorea your second home, you will become part of the land and the people, you will do as little as possible and feel not a tinge of guilt about it. After all, you are on the islands; there is no must-see or must-do here. Just let yourself be, and that is enough. Drop your luggage in the bungalow, go outside to lie on a hammock, and take a snooze. When you wake up, just listen to your body. It will not demand for a swim with the dolphin, believe me. If you listen to your body and your mood, you will have the best of vacation whence you do nothing but feel very full and content about it. Leave a Comment
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| | | | The Society Islands | Tip Rating: | | | | |
The Society Islands are some of the most beautiful islands in the world, offering countless photogenic scenes of saw-tooth mountain ranges, deep blue bays, green valleys and turquoise lagoons. These are the islands of Tahiti, Moorea, Huahine, Raiatea, Tahaa, Bora Bora and Maupiti. On most of these islands you can explore the valleys, waterfalls and marae stone temples on a safari tour, you can swim, snorkel, scuba dive, paddle an outrigger canoe, feed the sharks and rays, go sailing and picnic on the motu. Leave a Comment
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| | | | The Lagoonarium | Tip Rating: | | | | |
The Lagoonarium is one of the real must-see sights on Moorea. It is also very good value, but with one caveat! When we asked at our hotel, we were told it would cost at least 7,500 per person to go. A man on a boat would take us from the hotel and bring us back, and we would be there for about an hour, they also said it wasn't open everyday. HOWEVER, we drove past the Lagoonarium (well we drove past a little kiosk, as the Lagoonarium is actually on a little Motu [small island] out to sea). If you stop at the kiosk, there is a radio in there, and you can call them up, so I tried, and had a conversation in French/English, where it turned out that it cost 2,300 per person to get in (checkout that markup!!!), and that included a man coming over on the island in a boat to pick you up (and later bring you back) - he comes when you radio in. You were free to stay as long as you liked (within reason!). For the money you can swim with sharks, turtles etc. You can borrow snorkels, flippers and canoes. It is very good value. The reason they can guarantee sharks and turtles etc is because they have an area in the sea that is surrounded with mesh, so keeping the fish in.
I think one of the reasons that it is good value is that it seems to be looked after by a bunch of hippies that live on the island and aren't very materially minded. They are all very friendly and decent, and just make enough money to be comfortable on the island. They are therefore divorced to degree from the crazily priced Moorea. I highly recommend this place, it is not to be missed! Leave a Comment
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| | | | Island versus Atoll | Tip Rating: | | | | |
In French Polynesia there are volcanic islands (Tahiti, Marquesas), barrier reef islands (Moorea, Maupiti, Tahaa & Raiatea, Bora Bora) and atolls (Tuamotus). Evolution: First there is a volcanic island. Coral begins to grow around this island. The formation of a coral reef is very slow, it rises from 0,5 to 2 meters in a hundred year. It is made of coral polyps, shells and skeletal remains of marine plants and animals. Due to erosion after a million of years the soft volcanic stone starts to sink into the ocean where it becomes a barrier reef island (coral reef with lagoon and a volcanic island in the middle), and finally only the coral reef is left, which is called an atoll. Leave a Comment
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