Beach scene

Raimiti is just what we were looking for.

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April 30th 2010
Geo: -16.3254, -145.621Today after receiving another beautiful lei from our hosts we flew back to Tahiti for our flight to the island of Fakarava. It was a two hour flight and then a one and a half hour speedboat ride. But Raimiti was everything we had hoped it would be for us. We are staying here with one other couple from London, and we have this beautiful isolated destination to ourselves. ... read more

Oceania » French Polynesia

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The French annexed various Polynesian island groups during the 19th century. In September 1995, France stirred up widespread protests by resuming nuclear testing on the Mururoa atoll after a three-year moratorium. The tests were suspended in January ... ... read more