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Raiatea Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Raiatea, French Polynesia
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Huahine thru Toahatu Pass to Raiatea
This is a top pick! ... from Hauhine. It was recommended to us to visit the Anapa Pearl Farm, so we motored over to the western side of Raiatea, briefly circling around the Marina Apooiti area so I could quickly check emails. Reception was hard to get for my internet through ...
Back to Raiatea / Pearl Farm & Ile Taoru
This is a top pick! ... worth doing this tour. You may or may not want to buy a pearl afterwards – I did as I wasn’t going to leave French Polynesia without one. So I bought a nice A grade black/peacock colour 12.5mm pearl (25,000XPF) & a small A grade silver ...
Our welcome to Raiatea (after more delays)
This is a top pick! ... we finally got the 45 min flight to Raiatea which was after 3.30pm! Were picked up by the resort taxi and taken to the Raiatea Lodge Hotel. Unfortunately too late to do anything “resortie” such as take out their kayaks & snorkel off ...
The start of 10 blissful nights
This is a top pick! ... – which looked like coleslaw made from Tuna & sashimi (ultra thin slices of fresh tuna). Really nice fish. Had a bottle of French red to wash it down which was OK but as usual lacked flavour and we finished off with dessert. The show started not ...
Motu Nao Nao
This is a top pick! Miles travelled - 10nm from Ile Taoru to Motu Nao Nao No such thing again as a sleep in. Up at 6.30am and started a loaf of bread before setting off down the east coast to Motu Nao Nao. We thought of visiting here for the day and returning to Faaroa Bay. ...
Nao Nao to Faaroa Bay
This is a top pick! Miles travelled - 11nm from Motu Nao Nao to Faaroa Bay A sad morning as we had to depart this most beautiful anchorage. Had breaky and fed toady – the toadfish. We left early as we wanted to get to Faaroa Bay and explore the river Aoppomau. The ...
Return to Raiatea
... 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 ...
Raiatea
Back in Raiatea, on our beautiful campsite we decided to enjoy what we have, because you never know what you get next... In the morning Maria got a drive to the Islands centre, from Moana, and explored the markets and the town. although he said ...
A day in Raietea
... of doing this blog thing...thanks to those of you have replied...I have no way of knowing who gets what... Well a very short trip to Raiatea...117 miles. Toured around the town ( took about 10 min.) Then we went on a tour that took us to a Black Pearl ...
Jul 29, 2012
Raiatea
Vi har efter en nattsegling kommit till Raiatea den näst största ön i Franska Polynesien. Idag besökte vi den största och heligaste kultplatsen Mare i Polynesien. Där finns massor av stenlämningar men naturligtvis inga av trähusen kavar då den ...
Raiatea
Raiatea another beautiful island, but they are very expensive, we went for a quick walk before heading off on our tour. We went to the pearl farm and then snorkelled, we were shown how the implant the beads to make the pearls, and they showed us some of ...
Bora Bora here we come!
... had breakfast by the lagoon, looking out to Bora Bora, in beautiful sunshine and about 28°C. Tough one this. French Polynesia is the dream holiday location - volcanic islands, turquoise seas, brilliant blue skies - just what you want on a ...
Kurzbesuch auf Raiatea und Hauhine
Raiatea ist nur einen sehr kurzen Flug von Maupiti entfernt, aber die beiden Inseln sind sehr verschieden. Auch Raiatea hat ein vorgelagertes Riff und ein paar kleine Motu, ist aber viel groesser als Maupiti und wesentlich „einheimischer". Hier lebt ...
raiatea
... ; One interesting note however. After we sailed about 5 pm, the captain told us that a tsunami warning had been issued for French Polynesia at 6:40 pm. Sure enough at 6:30 the water in the pool began to slosh from side to side. ...
Goodbye Mama Jean
... . After much soul searching, the realities of a trip back were not possible. Our visas were running out the following week and French law states that you must be out of the country for 3-months before another visa can be issued. Our immigration agent was ...
L'origine des polynésiens
... chagrin d'amour. De fait les deux îles ne formaient qu'une seule et même entité il y a plusieurs milliers d'années.Raiatea est communément surnommée l’Île sacrée, de par son statut privilégié dans la culture traditionnelle locale c'est ...
Dernier soir sur Raiatea
Aprés cette super journée dernier repas avec les italiens,demain je decolle pour ...
Our home exchange in Raiatea, plus Bora Bora
... , but plenty on its motu, and doesn't get a lot of tourists, although its yachting marinas make it the sailing centre of French Polynesia. There is a fair bit of cloud, but get a good look, and photos of the islands. Laurent and Delphine, our houseswap ...
Not quite the perfect day
... some water and decided to take a walk… About 4KM later, we flagged down a passing cyclist and in a combination of broken French / English determined that we would have to walk a very long way to get anywhere. Before starting back, we went down to ...
Easter Island - not just an ugly face -scenery too
... from the night before, who were the ones who put our daypack on the seat for us. Sun 21st Dec Easter Island - Tahiti (French Polynesia) We finally leave without breakfast, after all waiting around for quite a while as Angelica has gone off to buy the ...
French Polynesia
Day 21 – Raiatea, Taha'a – docked 29° & humid We have now arrived in French Polynesia and oh my this island is beautiful. It is so much what I would expect of a south pacific island. It was Saturday when we ...
The Sacred Isle
... was named after their homeland and became the most sacred of sites all around the islands. Raiatea is the second largest island in French Polynesia, and was transformed into the main thoroughfare for religion and culture among the ancient Polynesians. ...
1:30 means 1:30
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010 - Moorea, French Polynesia Wow! Best adventurous day we've had so far! On a boat with our Tour Guide Capitaine David & his girlfriend Terra (really nice young couple) – we went to Tahaa island to a private motu ...
Raiatea
... island of Rangiroa. We should be arriving by 11:00 am tomorrow morning, this island is further out of the way than the others. On Raiatea we found out that they don't really have any nice beaches so we found a guy on the island with a boat that held 12 ...
A Sacred Island
... first stop. Marae Taputapuatea is the most important archaeological site in French Polynesia. The marae complex is extensive and I lingered here for almost an hour, trying to imagine what it would ...
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