Friday, December 31st, 2010
- Tahiti is closer thanyou might think it’s only an 8-hour flight from Los Angeles LAX, being halfway between California and Australia, on the same side of the International Date Line as North America, and in the same time zone as Hawaii.
- Moorea is known as “The Island of Love,” and Bora Bora as “The Romantic Island.”
- French Polynesia, with its capital at Papeete on the island of Tahiti, is comprised of five archipelagos, including the Society Islands (where Tahiti is located), the Austral Islands, the Tuamotu atolls, the Gambier Islands, and the Marquesas
- The letter “B” does not exist in the Tahitian language. Bora Bora is actually Pora Pora, meaning first born, but early visitors heard it as Bora Bora.
- With greenery and a tropical rain forest climate, Tahiti has been the home to native Polynesians since 300 AD
- Like many Polynesian dialects, duplicated words – such as Bora Bora – are common; and often have the effect of intensifying the meaning of a single occurrence: For example, nui means ‘big’ while nuinui means ‘very big.’
- There are no poisonous snakes or insects in French Polynesia.
- There are approximately 262,000 residents of Tahiti, about 78 of them from the various French Polynesian islands, another 12 of Chinese descent, and the remainder are various Europeans (primarily French).
- Cooled by the gentle breezes of the South Pacific, the climate is ideal and there are only two seasons. The wet season is from December through March when the climate is slightly warmer and more humid; and the dry season is from April through August when the climate is slightly less humid and drier.
- The word “tattoo” originated in Tahiti. The legend of Tohu( the god of tattoo) describes painting all the oceans’ fish in beautiful colors and patterns. Tattoos have long been considered (more…)
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