BORA BORA, FRENCH POLYNESIA — Here, family is the single most important thing in the lives of the locals. We experience that first-hand when we see Maui Taati in the blue and white outrigger Keishi as he approaches the dock with two passengers, his wife Nina and 6-year-old son Kenji.

BORA BORA, POLYNESIA - Our guide, Heifara Tairua drives the hilly roads that snake through Bora Bora deftly, intuitively — these hills have no secrets from him.