Bora Bora’s story begins long before the first luxury bungalow rose over its lagoon. The island was once part of a patchwork of smaller kingdoms that made up the broader region now known as French ...

BORA-BORA, French Polynesia -- A dream landscape emerged as our dinghy sped through turquoise waters toward the uninhabited South Seas islet of Tapu. Here, on a triangular speck of sand and coconut ...