Papeete, French Polynesia Travel Blogs

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
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 ...

Tahiti
Oct 15, 2007 (3 photos)

... 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 the way to Easter Island. Most of the beaches you picture ...

Start of Our Final Cruise
Dec 19, 2008

This is just a recap of our final cruise on the Tahitian Princess.

Tahiti
Sep 21, 2006 (6 photos)

... a truck, but all was made clear on our return journey which was a truck with bench seats in it. The main town, Papeete, was a fairly uninspiring port town, but it had a great market that we visited where they sold everything from fish to flowers to ...

a Polynesian welcome
Oct 2, 2005 (1 photos)

... wahines with bowls of fragrant tiare blossoms at Faa'a airport, who would want to leave the airport for the cement mess called Papeete, so I didn't. It was, after all, nearly midnite...and it just seemed like too much work to find a place to stay...and ...

Tahiti
May 16, 2007 (5 photos)

After a month sleeping in the back of a campervan, it was pure bliss to arrive in the sunshine of Tahiti and our fab hotel - we were not used to so much space! A friendly Tahitian welcome greeted us with local music, dancing and gifts ...

Tahiti
Oct 30, 2008

Well, it has been quite a while since my last entry, hasn't it... Sorry 'bout that... We've passed through Hawaii and are now in Tahiti. Hawaii was beautiful. Waikiki was great, but really, it doesn't even compare (visually) to any of the beaches down ...

Tahiti
Jan 16, 2008 (5 photos)

... .... none of the flimsy plastic rubbish! A world away from rubbish American Airlines. Tahiti is the main island of French Polynesia, and it does feel very French. They even had a separate immigration channel for European Passport holders. Unfortunately ...

Day 56: TAHITI!!!
Oct 30, 2007 (3 photos)

... We bought our picnic - apples, cheese (Rachel is something of a cheese connoisseur, listen to me using words like that in a French country), baguettes, peanut butter, and wine. Sounds good, doesn't it? Even the wine sounded good to me. Liz and Jonathan and ...

Pirun kallis paratiisi
Jan 20, 2008 (24 photos)

... lentojen maara. Kasittaakseni olisimme joutuneet odottamaan seuraavaa yhteytta muutaman paivan, jolloin koko Ranskan Polynesia olisi jaanyt valiin. Vaihto Aucklandissa sujui kuitenkin jouhevasti ja saavuimme Papeeteen Tahitille aivan suunnitelmien ...

Leave Switzerland back to boring work in Tahiti
Sep 13, 2007

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Tahiti a wash out
Oct 15, 2007

Hello, Well I made it out of New Zealand without being search too many more times for drugs.  I was "randomly checked" again at the airport leaving Tahiti though.  I am telling you, I have been put on the "list". Unfortunately I can not ...

Bali Haiiiiiii will call youuuuuu
Nov 18, 2006 (5 photos)

Bali Haiiiiiiiii will call youuuuuuuu Seriously SO sick of humming that tune! Had to come away to NZ to get away from singing it in my head!! Aaargh! Luckily I know no such tune for NZ, and please don't anybody tell me one if you know one! Short ...

Tahiti-iti
Jul 22, 2009 (7 photos)

... this trip because I LOVE taking showers with hot water. We met two guys when we arrived – Sebastian and Vincent both French, Sebastian is a surfer and is looking for work in Tahiti and Vincent took a 6 month sabbatical from his job as a structural ...

Hangin' With the Tahitians
Jul 24, 2009 (11 photos)

... and left school to get a job to support her daughter and never returned. She is now a secretary for an accounting firm in downtown Papeete. For the next couple of hours we learn a lot about Areti and her family – none of them are fond of the French ...

Tahiti Iti
Jun 9, 2003 (4 photos)

... on our second day in Tahiti. The staff told us about Venus Point beach in Mahina but advised that buses wouldn't be running between Papeete and Mahina because it was a holiday. Determined to take a dip in the Pacific and lounge on the black sand, Andy and ...

Off to Tahiti
May 4, 2006

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Bora Bora and Moorea, 26 August - 3 September
Aug 26, 2005 (16 photos)

... that, I don´t do much, everything here is super-expensive. Moorea: After 4 days, the cargo ship brings me back to Papeete, from where I take a ferry (around 40 minutes) to the island of Moorea. Moorea seems wider than Bora Bora but not as colorful, ...

Back to the beach...
Mar 11, 2006 (15 photos)

still to do

Finishing Up in French Polynesia
Jun 18, 2006 (6 photos)

Greetings from the island of Tahiti in French Polynesia! Well, my trip has just about come to a close, as I leave back for Edmonton (via LA and Vancouver) late tonight. What a great place to end off my journey! French Polynesia is every bit the ...

Moorea or Mordor?
Sep 3, 2008 (8 photos)

... and so on. I understood almost half of it and translated half of that for Gordon. There were splendid views down to Papeete and across to Moorea. The Manet was clearly visible - easily the biggest ship in the harbour. We stopped for photographs about two- ...

Tahiti
Sep 2, 2008 (13 photos)

Arrived at dawn. Good day including halfway round Tahiti and back, by bus. More to follow. Sorry this is short; internet limitations and can't see the pictures - I hope I got reasonable ones! Leave in afternoon of the 3rd . . .  

Mothering Sunday again
Jun 6, 2009

Spent one night on Tahiti Island, at a lovely hotel with a good restaurant. The following day was Mothering Sunday in Tahiti, the third Mothering Sunday we have encountered during our trip.

Flushing Toilets are an added extra
Aug 6, 2009 (5 photos)

... to be quite frank, not that good) and unfortunately, the concept of flushing toilets does not seem to have reached French Polynesia. Our accommodation looked idyllic - a traditional bungalow overlooking a beautiful lagoon, exactly what the doctor ordered. ...

TAHITI and the rest of October
Oct 29, 2007 (27 photos)

... was fantastic.  A great way to end the trip.     It was in the 80s and humid everyday in French Polynesia, with a little sprinkle now and then in the afternoons.  The islands are decently developed for the most part, but only on ...

Exploring Papeete
Jul 23, 2009 (7 photos)

... .  After walking around the downtown area for the day I understand why some people are disappointed in Papeete - it's not the version of French Polynesia that is advertised - it's completely urban with buildings everywhere, and a never ending flow of ...

Life On Board
Nov 20, 2008 (18 photos)

Life on board has gradually evolved for us. These days we spend most of our time reading. The food has become too familiar and hence has lost our interest. We eat salad when there are decent veggies on the salad bar, and we never grow tired of the pizza ( ...