Mo'orea, French Polynesia Travel Blogs

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

... 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 volcano with amazingly green and lush peaks. Think 'Mutiny on the Bounty', think Marlon Brando in tight ...

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 ...

Tahiti and Moorea
Dec 14, 2005 (12 photos)

... about how this is what Hawaii used to be like. If you've ever wondered where people from Hawaii go for a vacation, French Polynesia is the place. Nothing else too much eventful this day except for we had our first Mai Tai. Yummy. It cleared up ...

Mo'orea - The Angel Island
Apr 30, 2007 (13 photos)

... - you'll see what we mean. After a meager breakfast it was straight back to the airport  to get our 8 minute flight to Mo'orea (we found out that if we had just got our ticket at the airport and not booked ahead online we would have saved 2/3 of ...

Pacific Paradice
May 4, 2007 (21 photos)

... we actually saw more than we did in the car.  On the way home we were boiling so we stopped off at Jus de Fruits de Mo'orea and bought delish fruit juice to cool down.  When we got back we had cold showers to cool down and then a wee nap.  ...

Mo'orea
May 12, 2006 (8 photos)

Bonjour Sun-shine!
Aug 21, 2005

... Le Truc, a rickety truck with wooden benches for seats, and headed straight to the docks. The only was for us to survive French Polynesia was to escape to somewhere more within our budget! 40 minutes later we were on the small island of Mo'orea. It's a ...

French Polynesia
Jan 30, 2005 (19 photos)

... , or I'd drifted a bit, and I had visions of being engulfed. The rain started that same morning as I kayaked back, and I didn't see Mo'orea in the sunshine again. "A lovely rainy day in paradise" as Mark put it, even when the flooding and wind caused a ...

Suedseetraeume sind ... / South Parcific Dreams
Nov 17, 2006 (21 photos)

... some quality time in French Polynesia. Papeete is not only the capital of Tahiti but also the only and major hub for French Polynesia. We restrict ourselves to some islands in the Society Group and of course go for the most famous ones. Bora Bora ...

Animal Magic in Mo'orea
Nov 30, 2005

... tell anyone who will listen, is a carpenter and cabinet builder by trade. He must be about 50, American, and has lived in French Polynesia for over 20 years. He has built a grassy landscaped site that has 6-bed dormitory, individual and studio-type wooden ...

"Bali Hai May Call You"
Feb 28, 2005 (7 photos)

Probably the three most famous images of French Polynesia come to mind in the form of "Mutiny on the Bounty", Paul Gauguin's art and James Michener's "Tales of the South Pacific". Captain Bligh and his problems and Paul Gauguin's romantic canvases of ...