Moorea is one of the geographically Society Islands (French: Îles de la Société ), more specifically to the Leeward Islands (French: Îles du Vent ). She is the younger sister of Tahiti and Tahiti, in sight, from the west coast only by a strait separated by 17 km. In the legend it is , Moorea is the dorsal fin of a large fish. The island has about the form of a set at a point, equilateral triangle , cut deep into the northern side of the two bays Baie de Cook (Cook's Bay) and Baie d'Opunohu. A V-shaped, averaging 800 m high mountain range - the southern edge of an ancient volcano crater - divides the island into a North and south half and acts simultaneously as a watershed . Many rivers have steep, rocky ridges created by separate valleys. The highest point of Mont Tohiea (written Tohivea also) with a height of 1207 m.The northwestern tip, the two uninhabited motu Tiahura and Fareone upstream.
Moorea is located in the tropical belt Earth. The climate is tropical-warm and very humid, which favors the lush vegetation of the island. The average temperature is between 28 and 30 ° C, with the individual months differ only slightly. The wettest months are December to February are the dry (winter) from July to September. It blows a constant wind, which mitigates the temperatures. An occasional hurricane is not excluded. In the 1982/83 season there was in the Society Islands, a series of hurricanes that were causing significant damage to property on Moorea.
Tahiti one geographic region of the Society Islands ( queen : Îles de la Société ), more specifically to the Leeward Islands ( queen : Îles du Vent ). It is the largest and most populous island of the archipelago. Tahiti is an island double from Tahiti Nui (big Tahiti) and the smaller and less populated Tahiti Iti (Little Tahiti), which are connected by the isthmus of Taravao.
The landscape is characterized by steep peaks, the highest, the Mont Orohena in Tahiti Nui, rises 2241 meters. The highest elevation on Tahiti Iti, Mont Ronui is 1332 meters. Rivers have carved deep valleys bounded by steep rocky ridges. The interior is densely overgrown with tropical vegetation and is accessed by dirt roads and footpaths only locally. The settlements are in the narrow coastal strip, the north and west of Tahiti is the most densely populated. The interior of the island is uninhabited.
Contrary to popular belief Tahiti is not surrounded by white beaches. The island has relatively few natural beaches, which consist mainly of black, basaltic sand and are distributed mainly along the west coast. The clean, white hotel beaches are usually artificially
Machu is a well-preserved ruins of the Inca. It is located at 2360 meters altitude on a ridge between the peaks of Huayna Picchu and the mountain of the same name (Machu Picchu) in the Andes above the Urubamba valley.
Nestled between the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, the Yucatan peninsula often referred to as the most beautiful travel destination in Mexico. It offers beautiful beaches, palm trees, fine coral sand, picturesque towns and world famous Mayan ruins. Excerpt from "let's get out" in the TV-hr (Speaker: Stefan Schiebelhuth)
Yucatán (on Mayathan earlier Yucal Peten also Mayab "Land of the Maya "), also German Yucatan peninsula is a Central America, which separates the Gulf of Mexico the Caribbean Sea . The northern part is politically Mexico, distributed among the three states Yucatan, Campeche and Quintana Roo . The south is one of Guatemala and Belize . The eastern coast of the peninsula is Cozumel, Mexico's largest island, in front. The climate
is tropical and hot. In the humid south, take rainforests a large Part of the vegetation one. In the middle of dense forest dominates. With a few hills in the south of the area is very flat. In limestone soil often water-filled dips ( Cenotes ) can be found. To the north, the climate is becoming drier. Yucatán is hurricane risk.
the Cook Islands the South Pacific to live not even 20,000 people. Actually, everyone should know everyone, but the small islands of the country are up to four hours flying time apart. The documentary visits three of them and then accompanied by people in their daily lives Pacific Palms: Andrea dream weddings organized for tourists to romantic beaches. Captain Te Aturangi and his crew have recreated a historic canoe with which they sail to their ancestors by the South Sea source. Docjusreloaded
James Cook (born October 27, 1728 in Marton in Middlesbrough, † February 14, 1779 in Kealakekua Bay in Hawaii) was a British sailor and explorer. He became famous with three trips in the Pacific Ocean, where he discovered several islands and other islands surveyed and mapped.
The Cook Islands were probably in the 9th century discovered by Polynesians of the Society Islands and from Samoa and settled.
The first European contact with the current Cook Islands is dated to the year 1595, when the Spaniard Alvaro de Mendana de Neyra on the northern island of Pukapuka landed. In 1606 the Spaniards landed in Portuguese Pedro Fernández de Quirós on Rakahanga. The British first reached the island of Pukapuka in 1764 and named it Danger Iceland because they failed to go ashore.
investigated between 1773 and 1779 James Cook the southern islands of the archipelago on several occasions without Rarotonga, the main island, ever see. Captain William Bligh landed with the Bounty 1789 Aitutaki. It was he who brought the breadfruit tree to the Cook Islands. James Cook was the first island Manuae where he landed, the name Hervey Islands . The name of Cook Islands for the whole archipelago was awarded by the German Baltic Admiral Adam Johann von Krusenstern on his world tour in honor of the expedition and navigator James Cook first appeared in a Russian chart at the beginning of 19. Century.
landed in September / October of 1813 the first European civil servants with the ship Endeavour on the Cook Islands. Then, in 1814, the Cumberland came with dealers via New Zealand and Australia to look sandalwood. They found none on Rarotonga, so that disputes between the sailors and the islanders erupted. Many were killed, among them the European mistress of the captain Ann Butchers . It was eaten, and their remains were buried in Muri. She is so far the only white woman who was killed by cannibals and eaten. The islands were
1888 by the United Kingdom "under protection" and in 1900 annexed . Politically, they are still associated in a free association with New Zealand, which is responsible for it's foreign and defense policy
goal of our trip in Venezuela zoomin.tv Angel Falls, the highest waterfall the world. The flight from Ciudad Bolivar brings us to a region located around the picturesque lagoon of Canaima. From there we want to penetrate the Rio Carrao upstream in the only inaccessible area of the Auyan Tepui with the Angel Falls.
tour of the highlights of the former monarchy of Hungary, which has revamped tourist twenty years after the fall of the Iron Curtain its Hapsburg roots.
Contrary to popular belief Tahiti is not surrounded by white beaches. The island has relatively few natural beaches, which consist mainly of black, basaltic sand and are distributed mainly along the west coast. The clean, white hotel beaches are usually artificially 
