(Note: Suwarrow is the tiny dot in the centre, marked by the middle yellow pin) In Bora Bora they have tamed Manta Rays that will eat out of the palm of your hand. Hundreds of technicoloured reef fish loiter under your hut's glass floor (lured by the nutritious raw sewage of your toilet which flushes directly into the lagoon). You can buy black pearls at a boutique in town and there's high speed Internet any time you want it. It's paradise! So why did I feel the need to escape? My escape route took me 1300 kilometres downwind from the hustle and bustle of Tahiti and Bora Bora. At the end lay an uninhabited island with buried treasure. It was the legendary atoll of Suwarrow of the Cook Islands. Suwarrow was officially discovered by a Russian
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