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      Waterfall (Faarumai ?) on Tahiti 
  
      
       
      
        
      10 miles to the west of Tahiti's main island is Moorea 
  
       
      Island of Moorea 
        
            Moorea's Cook Bay  
 
  
            
       
 
      Yachts in Moorea's Cook Bay  
       
       
      
        
            Cook Bay landing 
       
        
            The mountains and valleys of Moorea are quite 
            reminiscent of  the Io Valley
            on Maui, Hawaii 
  
        
            Multiple mountain peaks on Moorea 
  
        
            Over-water hotel bungalows, sunset on Moorea   
      Island of Bora 
            Bora 
      
      Bora Bora lies 150 
      miles northwest of Tahiti in the Leeward Society Islands. Home to more 
      than 4,000, it is the center of a multicoloured lagoon, surrounded by 
      offshore motu islets inside a protective necklace of coral 
        
      
      Dawn at Bora Bora  
      
        
      Swimming off Bora Bora.  Mount
      Pahai is seen in the background. 
       
       
      
        
      Hotel Bora Bora.  As of 2006 these single 
      room straw roofed over-the-water 
      bungalows ranged from $600 
       
      to $800 a day (not including food). 
 
 
        
      Sunset, Hotel Bora Bora 
       
        
      Dugout canoe passes by Hotel Bora Bora at sunset  |