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pcakes13 t1_j930j7i wrote
Reply to Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $19 Million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding to Address Emerging Contaminants like PFAS in Drinking Water in Maine | US EPA by Shake-Spear4666
A whole 19 Million dollars? Gawsh…. that’ll do…NOTHING and help no one. What a fucking joke.
pcakes13 t1_j6lrj9v wrote
Reply to comment by Ginge00 in "BORA BORA"....The most beautiful Island in the World! by TamerDubai
We swam with rays and black tipped reef sharks in the shallows by that hotel. Moorea also has a super cool marine reserve on the other side of the island where you can chill in your own hammock between snorkeling.
pcakes13 t1_j6locb1 wrote
Reply to comment by temptedtempest in "BORA BORA"....The most beautiful Island in the World! by TamerDubai
>Super short version of why I'd pass on Bora Bora is that it's ALL resorts. Any piece of land on the atoll that can support a hotel, has a hotel, and they're SUPER swank. Four Seasons. The Intercontinental. You get the idea. There are a some on the main island, but that's not why you go there. You go there to stay at a super-swank $1200 per/night over-water bungalow. Now that's super crazy and awesome, and it is awesome, but for what it costs to spend 5 nights in Bora Bora you could spend 2 weeks in Raiatea AND take a cruise on a catamaran. Now I wouldn't necessarily stay for 2 weeks, but it's quiet, beautiful, and had better snorkeling than Bora Bora did. Bora Bora was a bucket list location for sure but I'm not sure I'd go back based on the cost alone.
Copy/paste of a reply I made to another person.
pcakes13 t1_j6l84w0 wrote
Reply to comment by Deep_Classroom3495 in "BORA BORA"....The most beautiful Island in the World! by TamerDubai
I have yet to be to that Maldives to compare them to French Polynesia. That said, Raiatea and Taha'a are other islands that also happen to be in French Polynesia.
pcakes13 t1_j6l6879 wrote
Reply to comment by IndignantDeleter in "BORA BORA"....The most beautiful Island in the World! by TamerDubai
Raiatea Lodge. Small, like 20 rooms total.
https://raiatea-lodge-hotel.com/en/home/
Super short version of why I'd pass on Bora Bora is that it's ALL resorts. Any piece of land on the atoll that can support a hotel, has a hotel, and they're SUPER swank. Four Seasons. The Intercontinental. You get the idea. There are a some on the main island, but that's not why you go there. You go there to stay at a super-swank $1200 per/night over-water bungalow. Now that's super crazy and awesome, and it is awesome, but for what it costs to spend 5 nights in Bora Bora you could spend 2 weeks in Raiatea AND take a cruise on a catamaran. Now I wouldn't necessarily stay for 2 weeks, but it's quiet, beautiful, and had better snorkeling than Bora Bora did. Bora Bora was a bucket list location for sure but I'm not sure I'd go back based on the cost alone.
pcakes13 t1_j6kmrun wrote
Having been to a number of islands in French Polynesia I can say Bora Bora is nice, but I’d pick Raiatea & Tahaa over it every time.
pcakes13 t1_j9sbys1 wrote
Reply to I make shrines to gods that don't exist, here are pair of little Musical Godlings by mtomsky
They remind me of the “genies” in Concrete Genie.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concrete_Genie