Travel quotes

Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen. Benjamin Disraeli

In America there are two classes of travel - first class, and with children. Robert Benchley

Travelers never think that they are the foreigners. Mason Cooley

The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes "sight-seeing." Daniel J. Boorstin

There are only two emotions in a plane: boredom and terror. Orson Welles

Makatea (Tuamotu)

When to go to Makatea (Tuamotu) ( French Polynesia ) ?

Month	Sunlight (h/d)	Average T min (°C)	Average T max (°C)	Record T min (°C)	Record T max (°C)	Precipitations (mm)	Wet days	Rating
january	5	25	33	21	33	169	16
february	6	24	32	20	35	233	18
march	7	24	33	20	33	154	17
april	7	24	32	19	35	179	17
may	7	24	31	18	32	90	14
june	7	23	30	16	33	121	10
july	7	23	30	17	31	80	10
august	7	23	30	17	33	108	16
september	8	23	30	18	31	93	13
october	9	24	31	19	35	83	10
november	7	24	32	19	34	129	17
december	6	24	33	20	35	139	17

How to read the charts

For example: In january, you will get 5 hours of average sunlight in Makatea (Tuamotu) and the overall temperature will vary between 20 and 35 (Celcius) in this area of French Polynesia. Usually you shouldn't see more than 16 rainy days wich is representative of this part of Oceania.

What to do in Makatea (Tuamotu) : Tips, places, hotels and restaurants

Makatea (Tuamotu) Island in the Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia, has Makatea sixty inhabitants, who live on fishing, trade in coconut crabs and coconut cultivation.

Its area is 24 km2. Operated in the early 20th century for its phosphate, and still retains the remains of the ancient city of Vaitepaua, now abandoned.

It works everywhere on coral millennium which are inlaid shells and animal fossils, and you will also discover a palm endemic to this island.