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anyDodge91 t1_j6jucz5 wrote

Somewhere I will never be able to afford to go .

Beautiful as fuvk though

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Spartan2470 t1_j6k033p wrote

Credit to /u//u/braybraywoowoo.

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wynlyndd t1_j6k0rts wrote

Question : the lighter blue waters on the inside of the atoll ring. Are they sandy or rocky with coral debris?

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DinaDinaDinaBatman t1_j6k16dj wrote

wow cool pic, i havent seen it from this angle before.... i have a black and white photo of my grandfather with some of his crew going ashore in a longboat circa 43-45 by the looks of the alcove and surrounding mountains i would say my grandfathers pic was taken in the entrance to the alcove {center pic here)

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icnoevil t1_j6k3xea wrote

Hey, I thought that was a cave where Ossoma Bin Laden hid out.

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nashbar t1_j6k4hjh wrote

Replying to wynlyndd (#1,629,726)

It’s sandy and relatively shallow inside the reef, the image is heavily edited making it hard to tell where the beach ends and water starts. There’s often dolphins feeding/playing in the opening of the reef, tour boats feeding sharks/rays near the top of the image and some artist communities on the atoll on the left of the image.

I sailed there in 2018.

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JonesyOnReddit t1_j6kcz3q wrote

I prefer the Maldives, plus theres 1200 of them so while expensive its less expensive than Bora Bora.

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themagicbong t1_j6ker5n wrote

Whenever I hear bora Bora I always think of vin diesel at the end of XXX when he just says "Bora Bora." After whatever crazy shit he had to do, lol.

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Stezheds t1_j6kgdno wrote

No way, Staten Island is 1st 😂🫣

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dchallenge t1_j6kji1y wrote

Can’t hear Bora bora without hearing it in a Pirate accent.

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pcakes13 t1_j6kmrun wrote

Having been to a number of islands in French Polynesia I can say Bora Bora is nice, but I’d pick Raiatea & Tahaa over it every time.

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Stillallwell t1_j6ksi26 wrote

There's prolly a smoke monster on that island.

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minifat t1_j6kt4y8 wrote

Anyone remember playing Bora Bora Island on LittleBigPlanet?

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JonesyOnReddit t1_j6kweoe wrote

Replying to redshift83 (#1,636,853)

I was awake for 50 hours straight on the trip back one of the times, can't sleep on a plane or in a terminal, its kinda an awful trip. To be fair the last few hours of that was to watch a football game and hit 50 hours. I'm in the US. Never found a way to do it without an overnight layover in dubai or sri lanka (at least not affordably).LAX->Dubai->(sometimes)sri lanka->male->boat or sea plane to resort. For whatever reason, both times I went, the sri lanka stop was only on the trip there or the trip back, not both.

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I've looked at Bora Bora instead but its more expensive, apparently has a ton of bugs (none in maldives), and looking at bad review of bora bora trips compared to bad review of maldives trips is comparing real complaints to Karens.

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[deleted] t1_j6kxck6 wrote

I want to walk the entire circle barefooted

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timmaywi t1_j6l0aqr wrote

Bora Bora? More like Bora Boring

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-Suck-My-Fish-Stix- t1_j6l2r9w wrote

It almost doesn't even look real...it's like a really detailed looking painting wow

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karlmeile t1_j6l4eng wrote

It feels like where earth began. It’s beautiful

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cld1984 t1_j6l521s wrote

Pretty sure that’s Te Fiti

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pcakes13 t1_j6l6879 wrote

Replying to IndignantDeleter (#1,639,474)

Raiatea Lodge. Small, like 20 rooms total.

https://raiatea-lodge-hotel.com/en/home/

Super short version of why I'd pass on Bora Bora is that it's ALL resorts. Any piece of land on the atoll that can support a hotel, has a hotel, and they're SUPER swank. Four Seasons. The Intercontinental. You get the idea. There are a some on the main island, but that's not why you go there. You go there to stay at a super-swank $1200 per/night over-water bungalow. Now that's super crazy and awesome, and it is awesome, but for what it costs to spend 5 nights in Bora Bora you could spend 2 weeks in Raiatea AND take a cruise on a catamaran. Now I wouldn't necessarily stay for 2 weeks, but it's quiet, beautiful, and had better snorkeling than Bora Bora did. Bora Bora was a bucket list location for sure but I'm not sure I'd go back based on the cost alone.

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Ginge00 t1_j6l9fef wrote

Replying to BootyMcSqueak (#1,640,905)

My wife and I spent 5 days at the intercontinental on Moorea, it was amazing, we did a jet ski tour around the little islands of the coast and it was fantastic. Highly recommend Moorea.

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Rumokain t1_j6la8zu wrote

I want to go to bora bora, but I'm poora poora.

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jfq722 t1_j6lbn62 wrote

Great movie, too: Bora, Bora, Bora ;)

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SaintDanger t1_j6ldpmz wrote

Went there for my honeymoon. Eleven years later I still frequently recall the splendor of waking up in that over water bungalow and jumping directly into the ocean, perfect white clouds and clear blue waters. Tahiti left me awe struck. What up Intercontinental Thalasso!! Take me back!!!

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redshift83 t1_j6lhj7n wrote

Replying to temptedtempest (#1,639,229)

There is very little to do on bora bora relative to all the other options. It’s stunning beautiful from the room and the snorkeling is the best (must hire a tour though). Otherwise not much is there. I’ll go back but moorea is just as nice or nicer.

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drmcsinister t1_j6ln03y wrote

Replying to pcakes13 (#1,635,135)

It's also worth noting that Raiatea and Tahaa are in the background of that picture. They are super close to Bora Bora, so you can spend nights on both sets of islands in one trip. Air Tahiti has island hoppers and it's like a 15 minute flight between them.

Source: my wife and I did that for our honeymoon.

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LivesOfJay t1_j6lnsw9 wrote

Literally one of the few places in the world that I have to see at-least once.

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pcakes13 t1_j6locb1 wrote

Replying to temptedtempest (#1,639,229)

>Super short version of why I'd pass on Bora Bora is that it's ALL resorts. Any piece of land on the atoll that can support a hotel, has a hotel, and they're SUPER swank. Four Seasons. The Intercontinental. You get the idea. There are a some on the main island, but that's not why you go there. You go there to stay at a super-swank $1200 per/night over-water bungalow. Now that's super crazy and awesome, and it is awesome, but for what it costs to spend 5 nights in Bora Bora you could spend 2 weeks in Raiatea AND take a cruise on a catamaran. Now I wouldn't necessarily stay for 2 weeks, but it's quiet, beautiful, and had better snorkeling than Bora Bora did. Bora Bora was a bucket list location for sure but I'm not sure I'd go back based on the cost alone.

Copy/paste of a reply I made to another person.

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ggchappell t1_j6lp5d3 wrote

> The most beautiful Island in the World!

Based on your pic, that's tough to argue with.

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pscrilla t1_j6lpm79 wrote

Replying to timmaywi (#1,638,934)

Okay 🙄🙄🙄 it’s a beautiful island and and incredible place to visit. Tahiti is filled with incredibly island and I’d certainly recommend Tahaa and moorea. But no reason to hate on Bora Bora

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Tenalp t1_j6lrew9 wrote

I tap it to cast Ponder.

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iFlyskyguy t1_j6lrfye wrote

Fuuuuuuuck Bora Bora... it's the Dubai of Oceania. Sold out to look like literally every soulless, manicured, Hilton-esque, resort "oAsiS" on the planet.

Moorea is infinitely more beautiful

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pcakes13 t1_j6lrj9v wrote

Replying to Ginge00 (#1,641,593)

We swam with rays and black tipped reef sharks in the shallows by that hotel. Moorea also has a super cool marine reserve on the other side of the island where you can chill in your own hammock between snorkeling.

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Maximum-Face-953 t1_j6lumkk wrote

Looks like never never land. Is there a big compass in the water near this

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SupaPoopa300 t1_j6m0vfc wrote

You know why I don’t travel to Bora Bora? Cuz’ I am Poora Poora.

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BMWDUKE t1_j6m4rzh wrote

What is there to do there? It looks absolutely barren.

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tornadogenesis t1_j6m6cv0 wrote

I think you mean: Bora Bora, "the most beautiful island in the world!"

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por_que_no t1_j6m7je8 wrote

Replying to nashbar (#1,630,550)

I was backpacking and surfing through the south Pacific in the 80s and wound up on Bora Bora and somehow scored a fare on the beach at Bloody Marys for next to nothing when they were closed. My girlfriend and I were the only guests except for the always drunk American fisherman who lived on his fishing boat there. Think his name was Leo. We'd swim with mantas right off their dock. Things have changed since then I imagine.

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atomicrutabaga t1_j6mba61 wrote

When I hear “Bora Bora” I think of the Bora Bora Waters febreze. I love the vent clips for the car.

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SPlRlT- t1_j6mhsdz wrote

Reminds me of Scarif from Star Wars, was this island the inspiration for it?

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CrystalStilts t1_j6mhzaj wrote

Replying to jiccc (#1,650,585)

Although that’s a pun many islands and atolls in French Polynesian only have ships deliver food every 10-14 days so when the ship first arrives you have tomatos and lettuce and broccoli, eggs butter etc. at the shop. By the 7th day there’s maybe a few carrots and potato’s and a few onions until the ship arrives again to resupply that smol island or atoll.

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CrystalStilts t1_j6mi4yw wrote

Replying to temptedtempest (#1,639,229)

I’m partial to Fakarava. There’s a pass there you can snorkel and float down it takes 30 min but it’s super shallow and for snorkeling and seeing all kinds of coral. You just walk back beside the pass and you can do it over and over and over and see so much reef and life it’s pretty amazing. Plus it’s a smaller atoll with less tourists. We flew last time but my husband wants to cross the Panama Canal and then the pacific and spend a year sailing around the south pacific so we can spend 6 mos in the Tuamotus off grid before our daughter gets too old and is in school. If anyone has any other suggestions of their favourite places in the Tuamotus please leave suggestions below also if you have a favourite anchorage.

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Flashjordan69 t1_j6miw05 wrote

Controversial take here but Orkneys better 😉

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twoinvenice t1_j6nam7m wrote

Replying to redshift83 (#1,644,146)

For diving or snorkeling trips where you are going to stick to the more developed islands, the diving around Moorea is better in general…plus it’s quite a bit less expensive. When go back, if I’m not doing a full on dive trip to some of the farther out islands like Fakarava, I’d probably do the same thing I did last time - like 5 nights on Moorea and 3 on Bora Bora.

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twoinvenice t1_j6nbgb4 wrote

Replying to arctander (#1,658,337)

Air Tahiti Nui has those deals quite often - definitely sign up for their newsletter.

The thing that surprised me the most the first time I went to Tahiti was that the flight really isn’t that long, only a bit over 8 hours from LAX to Papeete. I don’t know why but before going I had always felt like the flight would be more of a looong adventure like it is getting to other places in the South Pacific (like the full day + of flights and sitting in airports that it takes to get to the eastern part of Indonesia).

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Babock93 t1_j6nzbdz wrote

Yes … doesn’t look like Much to do there though

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evenmonkeys t1_j6o2v0j wrote

How does the island not flood all the time with changing tides? Or does it?

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codamission t1_j6on2te wrote

You cannot look at this and tell me it isn't a supervillain lair.

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garry4321 t1_j6opram wrote

Replying to themagicbong (#1,633,048)

I think of the community made "Bora Bora Island Adventure" map in little big planet. My buddies and I all got lit and played that map back in the day, and we still all talk about how much fun that was.

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