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The Best Beach of the World is Bora Bora

Sunday, August 10th, 2008

Bora Bora is in the Leeward group of Society Islands of French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. The Bora Bora island located about 230 km (140 miles) north-west of Papeete, is surrounded by a lagoon and barrier reef. In the center of the island are the remains of an extinct volcano rising to two summits, Mount Pahia and Mount Otemanu, the highest point at 727 m. The original name of the Bora Bora beach in Tahiti language could be better made that Pora Pora, which means "first born", a beginning ...