BORA BORA - FRENCH POLYNESIA (25th day of our journey)

A lush rainforest with covered peaks, blue green lagoons, & lovely beaches. The island itself can be explored in a few hours, which we did. It is populated by 8,880 Polynesians who love to show visitors their island. During WW ll Bora Bora was a strategic strong hold for the US, interestingly, many of the giant cannons and bunkers remain.

Two of the local women demonstrated how they dye the cloth for the wraps that they wear.

Bora Bora is recognized as the "ultimate South Pacific Paradise". My sense is that it is for the rich and famous. The local people work very hard and live very modestly in small houses that are typically without glass windows and actual doors...it is, however, obvious where one's property begins and ends.