French Polynesia Travel Blogs

Moorea, Tahiti
Sep 10, 2005 (37 photos)

... the bus, they are actually called 'Le Truck' and are converted flat bed lorries painted in local style. Did I mention how expensive French Polynesia is? $12 for 2 cans of Coke and a bag of crisps.... This was at the airport but it wasn't much ...

Finding Nemo (and sharks) in Paradise
Apr 18, 2005 (24 photos)

... Richard from Tolouse. It was perfect. Until I get my pictures up on this log (I'm being wise with my money, I tell you Polynesia ain't cheap for internet, photo uploads can wait!!) have a look at www.fareoaoa.com for pictures. Mo'orea is an extinct ...

Sunning ourselves in the South pacific
Aug 31, 2005 (10 photos)

... would have loved more time in these islands but they eat the budget.. especially when you can buy 'luxuries' like Pate, Brie & French bread which we haven't had for ages !!!! An amazing place to visit though with the clearest water we have ever seen and ...

Chapter 2: I dive with whales.
Oct 9, 2003 (5 photos)

... & Opunohu Bays. Pension Motu Iti (named after the 2 cats on the premises) was incredible! Must be the best value in French Polynesia at $17/night in a clean, brand new dorm. The owner, Auguste, is very friendly and always smiling, and the grounds ...

FRENCH POLYNESIA
May 4, 2006 (10 photos)

A short two hour flight, and we reach our final South Pacific destination, Tahiti, the main island of French Polynesia. Visiting Tahiti after being to Aitutaki is like driving a Lada, after test driving a Ferrari. Just like it's cousin, New Caledonia ...

Lifestyles of the rich and famous in Bora Bora
Dec 10, 2004 (4 photos)

This isn't backpacking!! Dec 6-11

Pearl of the Pacific
Dec 4, 2003 (9 photos)

Next stop was Bora Bora - initial impressions from the plane were good! The marketing people call it the pearl of the pacific. It's a volcanic island with a very verdant 'mountainous' core surrounded by a deep lagoon and a string of motu. Well the ...

Papeete Airport. Part Two...with a vengence..
Dec 11, 2004

2nd Night in Papeete Airport. And since the cheapest hostel was $100, we slept on the floor, again. This time we were there for 13 hours. Considered how we could get arrested for drunk and disorderly by supping the last of our bacardi in a reckless ...

Tahiti
Oct 22, 2003

We arrived in the early hours of the morning and found transport out of the airport was to be a problem until 7 o'clock, so we slept for a while at the airport. As the sun rose we found Tahiti to be much more developed than the Cook Islands, the only ...

Sharks, dolphins, rays and turtles
Dec 1, 2003 (14 photos)

... some of the Cook Islands it was time to leave for the South Seas Paradise that is Tahiti. Actually, the country is called French Polynesia and Tahiti is just one island of many. The country is part of France so we were all disappointed to find that there ...

So it begins...
Oct 8, 2003 (10 photos)

... 't still hanging around. Spent day one walking around, lounging on the sand, and coming to grips with the fact that I was indeed in French Polynesia. My ATM card failed me (surprise), but my VISA worked for a cash advance. "Everywhere I want to be." ...

Sharks and Pineapples
Dec 7, 2003 (13 photos)

... actually the closest island to the island of Tahiti and since it's a lot nicer than Tahiti this is where most of French Polynesia's backpackers can be found down at Chez Nelson and Camping Moorea. Neither are particularly great places but they're cheap and ...

wascaly wabbit!
Oct 17, 2005 (29 photos)

... to figure out what it is i'm doing (should i go to patagonia???). before anyone replies that Easter Island isn't in French Polynesia, i know. travelpod doesn't have a map pin location for Easter Island so i just put it as French Polynesia since that's ...

Tahiti
Dec 7, 2004 (1 photos)

Paradise Airport on the floor. Hmmm.

French Polynesia: They Don't Have Tahiti Treat!!!
Jun 12, 2008 (11 photos)

... and smiled happily for their cameras.  Our attempts to communicate went poorly, but it was fun anyways.    French Polynesia is actually an overseas territory of France and, as such, they have EU passports here which is pretty ...

Tropical Tahiti, french kissing and beer
May 10, 2007 (5 photos)

... to love this place. Here is some of what we have learnt. Tahiti is the name of just one island in the French Polynesia group, an area of archipelagos that could cover Europe. Tahiti is a colourful mixture of French and Polynesian cultures. The Polynesians ...

mutiny, bile, popcorn and a regatta
May 22, 2007 (12 photos)

... , food and beer then three other French Polynesians joined us as crew for the regatta. There was Olivier a reporter for the French news channel LFO. His girlfriend Marie, who had lots of sailing experience and mooned at the other boats. And ...

A little piece of heaven
Oct 9, 2008 (26 photos)

... Oh well, serves me right for constantly nodding off during those French classes I had years ago (by the way, everything in French Polynesia is in French; you're lucky if you manage to find a local who speaks decent English).  On Monday, we set off after ...

Visiting the first diving site
Dec 10, 2005 (1 photos)

... round island road, giving people a fair bit of walking to go for a dive. However his prices were very typically French Polynesian, i.e. astronomical. Saw turtles and reef sharks twice on first dive. Kingfish, Lemon shark, more turtles, plethora of the ...

Billabong surf competition in Teahupoo
May 11, 2007 (4 photos)

Feeling very chuffed about finding a boat to Fiji, the next day we decided to hire some transport and go on a road trip to explore the island of Tahiti and investigate if the locals really do wear bones in their noses and eat pale ...

Borat, I Liiiiike and High Five!
May 16, 2007 (3 photos)

So here is the low down on the boat we are hitchhiking on from Tahiti to Fiji. Her name is Melis and she is a Bavaria 42 Sloop. Bavaria is the name given to indicate where it was manufactured, Bavaria is somewhere in Germany. The 42 is the boats ...

Paradise
Apr 11, 2009 (14 photos)

Rangiroa is the type of place people think of when they think of paradise—white beaches, palm trees, clear water that goes from turquoise to pale green to indigo. Every time we rowed to shore we saw rays and coral fish scattering under the dinghy. ...

Return to Raiatea
Jun 4, 2009 (3 photos)

... and his attendant dinghy Penfold (as christened by us) was an excellent yacht and we were very sorry to step ashore. French Polynesia is a fantastic place, very expensive but the combination of Polynesian culture and French cuisine is hard to beat.

Paradise, but at a price. And what a price...
Apr 24, 2008 (10 photos)

First of all, Moorea is as close to my perception of paradise as I´ve ever encountered. It really is an incredibly beautiful place, with turquoise waters the likes of which I´ve never seen - except in brochures - and stunning mountains in the interior. That ...

Going to the islands
Dec 4, 2008 (21 photos)

... on the water (600euros the night). Saw a small island entirely owned by a Corsican familly. Past under the longest bridge in polynesia (100m) and saw a giant, sacred, dick. LOL. When the guide showed it to us from afar, one of the french dudes said ...

Tahiti
Oct 15, 2007 (3 photos)

Today is October 13th...again. I flew out of Auckland on October 14 but crossed the international dateline and went back a day in time. So I´m living the 13th over again! Anyway, I´m in Papeete, Tahiti. I´m only here for about 36 hours as a stopover on ...

on my way soon.........
Nov 28, 2006

2weeks from today, i'll be on my way to London, i hope to see a lot of you in my short stay.

Hawaiki Nui
Oct 18, 2005 (33 photos)

I expect to write more about this experience, but I've already spent about three hours and sixty bucks on the internet here in bora bora, so I'll wait till later. For now Just enjoy the pictures.

Cruisin' on a Sunday
Jul 26, 2009 (5 photos)

Beautiful day!! We are determined to stay in shape throughout this trip so what better way to start the day then a 45 minute run! Wow – it was good to do but we feel it!!!! So we take it easy for the rest of the morning and do our first load of ...

And So I Go Part 1
Oct 19, 2007

This is a story by a Maori writer in New Zealand that we read in World Lit. I thought it spoke well to what I was doing. Spoiler: I cried, consider yourself warned! :) And So I Go Patricia Grace Our son, brother, grandchild, you say you are going ...