[Travelandtourism] Welcome to Paradise

[cheryl echevarria]

Thank you Peter, I have sent people to the FIJI Islands, and the South Pacific.  Similar to Hawaii, since many from the Islands started the Hawaiian Islands.  The French and it is spelled, p o l y n e s i a Islands. Similar but not.  You need a passport, they are independent but speak french there, and very expensive, everything even though a very poor country, but who are we to say what is poor and what is not it is there way of life.
But for us to travel there, it is a long flight and everything is imported, one day I hope to get there, it is on my bucket list.
You can also get there by cruise many cruise lines include this part of the world separate itineraries. 
Thank you for sharing, since I do not get that channel here would love to know how others like it.

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> From: pdonahue2 at satx.rr.com
> To: travelandtourism at nfbnet.org
> Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:08:00 -0600
> Subject: [Travelandtourism] Welcome to Paradise
> 
> 
> Good afternoon everyone,
> 
>     Cheryl told us about a program on The Cooking Channel about Bora-Bora 
> and the cuisine enjoyed by the islanders. Their culture is very similar to 
> that in Hawaii. Like Hawaii Bora-Bora was settled by the ancient Polinesians 
> so there would be cultural similarrities including the pig cooked in the 
> ground.
> 
> We watched that program last night and liked the approach taken gby its 
> producers. They mixed culture in with explaining the various dishes prepared 
> on the island. They have different names for some of the customs found in 
> Hawaii. A Hawaiian Moo-Moo is a dress similar to the one discussed in the 
> program last night and is made very much the same way.
> 
>     Dancing is also very popular in Bora-Boran life particularly during 
> celebrations. The islanders do a dance similar to the Hoola. there is lots 
> more moving, twisting and shaking than in the traditional Hoola.
> 
> Near the end of the show they showed Bora-Bora's version of a Hawaiian Luau. 
> The name of it escapes me. Like Luaus these feasts are held at sun-set 
> complete with lots of food and entertainment. We had a luau when I was at 
> summer camp. I had the chance to try some Hawaiian food such as Poy. It's a 
> mixture made from fish and other ingreedience in to which one can dip 
> crackers, chips, vegetables, etc.
> 
>     It was a great program although I fell asleep during some of it. 
> Hopefully they'll show it again. I wonder if The Cooking Channel makes their 
> shows available on DVD for purchass as other cable channels such as 
> Discovery and National Geographic do? Did anyone else watch that program? 
> Since Madam President told us about it we wanted to weigh in on it.
> 
> Peter Donahue
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