Rangiroa & Fakarava

Intro on French Polynesia Information on French Polynesia, extracted from https://www.britannica.com/place/French-Polynesia French Polynesia, overseas collectivity of France, consisting of five archipelagoes in the south-central Pacific Ocean. Included are some 130 islands scattered across the Pacific, a total land area roughly equivalent to that of metropolitan Paris and London combined but spread across a swath of ocean five times as large as France. The archipelagoes of French Polynesia are the Society Islands, Tuamotu Archipelago, Gambier Islands, Marquesas Islands, and Tubuai Islands. The capital, Papeete, is on Tahiti, French Polynesia’s largest island (403 square miles), in the Society group. All international flights land in Papeete. Tahiti, Bora Bora, Moorea are some of the better-known islands in French Polynesia. The two islands I visited were Rangiroa and Fakarava, both belongs to the Tuamotu Archipelago. The Tuamotu Archipelago, lying to the east of the Society I...