Honeymoon in Tahiti

Honeymoon in Tahiti

After leaving Borabora , we stayed stayed 3 days in Tahiti and had some sightseeing there.

History:

Polynesia was populated successive waves of migration, coming from Southeast Asia and starting over 30,000 years ago The Marquesas were the first islands to be able to survive from these countries.  Around 1300, these people settled there permanently.  For 300 years they have been cut off from the world until the arrival of the Europeans: Wallis who reached the shores of Tahiti in 1767, Cook's goal, Bligh, and Bougainville were right behind him.  Papeete experienced its first growth during the London Missionary Society's early attempts to evangelize the population.  In 1817, Reverend Crook settled in the heart of what became today's city.  Following serious skirmishes with the British, France succeeded in imposing her protectorate in 1842. Wishing to anchor her power within the Pacific, France negotiated with King Pomare V the annexation of his kingdom to the French State in 1880. Following World War II, Polynesia entered  a new era of international trade.  The "French Settlements of the Pacific" became an Overseas Territory represented in Metropolitan France by a new leader Pouvanaa a Opoa who created the first local political party.  The 60's were marked out by the CEP (Experimentation Center of the Pacific) created for French nuclear testing.  In 1984, French Polynesia Acquired the "Internal Autonomy" political status with its own Territorial Assembly its own Government, and its own President With the end of nuclear testing in 1996 and the implementation of a financial assistance plan  After 20 years of autonomy by Gaston Flosse, since 2004, Tahiti enters a phase of change with Oscar Temaru.  Since 2004, several years of Tahiti and its Islands.  The elections of May, 2013 saw the return of the autonomist party.  It is atually Edward Fritch who is president.

Geography :
French Polynesia is located in the middle of the South Pacific, covering some 5,5 millions square kilometers of ocean. Latitude: 17°32.2398S Longitude: 149°33.99W This French Overseas Territory's dry land includes 5 archipelagoes: the Society Islands including the  Windward Islands and the Leeward Islands, the Tuamotus, the Gambiers, the Australs and The Marquesas, which represent 120 islands and atolls with a superficy of emerged land of 4,200 km2.

Tahiti is the main island with 1042 km2. The island consists of 2 parts  The volatility of the old volcanoes, the island is mainly inhabited on a narrow strip following the seaside. Tahiti is a volcanic high island with Orohena peaks in 2241 m  Of height.


Tahiti (/təˈhiːti/; French pronunciation: ​[ta.iti]; previously also known as Otaheite) is the largest island of the Windward group of the Society Islands in French Polynesia, located in the central part of the Pacific Ocean. Divided into two parts, Tahiti Nui (bigger, northwestern part) and Tahiti Iti (smaller, southeastern part), the island was formed from volcanic activity; it is high and mountainous with surrounding coral reefs. Its population is 189,517 inhabitants (2017),[1] making it the most populous island of French Polynesia and accounting for 68.7% of its total population.