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Bora
Bora lies 240 km (150 miles) northwest
of Tahiti in the Leeward Society
Islands and can be reached after 50mn flight from Tahiti thanks to Air Tahihi who offers more than 7 flights a day.
The main island, home to 4,225
inhabitants, is in the center if a
multicolored lagoon, surrounded by
offshore motu islets inside a protective
necklace of coral.
There
is only one navigable pass, facing the
principal village of Vaitape.
A
29 km (18 miles) partially paved road
circles the island, passing colorful
villages, archaeological sites, old Army
bunkers and cannon left over from World
War II, when 5,000 American GIs made a
"friendly invasion".
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