Bora Bora - insider tips

I thought it would be a good idea to share a few of the local customs - they are unique and interesting! :)

In the late afternoons during the hotter season, you may see smoke on the motus (small islands surrounding Bora Bora) and on the island itself. Locals burn coconut shells to chase away the mosquitos at night.

While touring the island you may see palm trees with metal rings around them - it's to keep the rats from getting to the coconuts. :)


And probably the most interesting of all - tiare flowers. When a woman wears a flower behind:

• Her right ear - she is single, available and looking
  
• Her left ear - she is married, engaged or otherwise taken
  
  
• I don't endorse the following:
  
• Both ears - she is married but still available
  
• Backward behind both ears - anything goes