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. . that yearning is gonna hit hard around January. But last August travel photographer and Resource Travel editor Michael Bonocore escaped to the island of Tahiti in French Polynesia for a solid month of shooting and really cool adventures.

As he told us over email: "Sharks, Kelly Slater… you name it, we had it. "

Now a full year later, he's finally finished pulling out his favorite photos from the experience and putting together a travel photographer's guide to this dream destination. So check out some of the photos up top, and if you like what you see, visit Resource Travel for a lot more photos and some travel tips for your next trip to Tahiti.

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go check my account balance for plane ticket money. . .

2017-8-14 19:00