French Polynesia, or Tahiti as it is also called, is about 17 degrees south of the Equator, half way between California and Australia, in the same time zone as Hawaii and on the same side of the International Dateline as North America. It is comprised of many small islands and atolls stretching over thousands of miles and belongs to France.
Bora Bora caters to the rich and famous while Huahine, might be recognized by Captain Cook if he came back today. In September and October while we were there we had great weather (temperatures around 28 C every day) as we purposely avoided coming in the rainy season.
