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AdventureWritten by: Danijela MandušiæPhoto: www.Tahiti-Tourisme.comTahiti - Lost Paradise inthe Middle of the OceanThe island of white sand beaches, turquoise sea and numerous atolls, a homeland of tattoos,beautiful women and black pearls, “the island of love” in the middle of the Pacific, lost paradisefor Rousseau – all these things define TahitiMany islands of the tropical area are exoticand lovely, but Polynesian islands still standout as the most beautiful, most indented andmost luxurious. Back in the 19th century, theirbeauty fascinated the great postimpressionist painterPaul Gauguin, who chose to move there and used hispaintings of local people and the scenery to spread theword of Tahiti as – paradise on Earth.Polynesia is a tiny group of islands spread across the Pacific,located at the very opposite end of the globe toCroatia. It is situated six thousand kilometres west of Chileand 5200 kilometres east of Australia, so it is no wonderthat they carry the “lost islands” title by being so stuck inthe middle of the ocean. It consists of five groups of islands,the main and most developed of which are SocietyIslands, which include Tahiti and 86 percent of Polynesia’s59