Run Around Bora Bora
Bora Bora is a small South Pacific island northwest of Tahiti in French Polynesia. Surrounded by sand-fringed motus (islets) and a turquoise lagoon protected by a coral reef, Bora Bora is one of the most exotic places you can imagine. Imagine the Bounty commercials x 5 and voila, welcome to Bora Bora.
Although the beaches are great, I was more interested in running around the island instead of lying in sand with a coconut in my hand. The island measures close to 20 miles (31.5 km) in circumference which makes it for a great afternoon run.
To run around the island is easy: start running and follow the road. As easy as that.
There are no traffic lights (yeah New York should take an example of that :), hardly any cars, a few innocent stray dogs and that's about it; you're ready to run around the island.
Keep in mind that it can rain and with that I'm not kidding. Rain can come down faster than you can dream of, faster than the speed of light, and it can come out nowhere. I started of dry but as soon as I was 5 miles out, rain came out of nowhere. Although I hate rain, this rain is rather warm and feels nice.
Bora Bora, as any other place in the South Pacific is very humid. Humidity of 90% is nothing out of the ordinary. Hey, makes you sweat even more.
Here are the stats of the run
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