Tahiti, French Polynesia Travel Blogs

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 ...

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

... 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 greenery was up in the steep volcanic hills or private gardens. We moved ...

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 ...

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 ...

Tahiti
Oct 15, 2007 (3 photos)

... 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 when you ...

Start of Our Final Cruise
Dec 19, 2008

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

polynesian paradise
Dec 13, 1999 (14 photos)

... I'd become sunburnt. D'oh! I stopped at a little netcafe with dial-up to sent out an e-mail and discovered how wacky the French keyboard layout is. ___ My second day on the island, I went out kayaking. Got to the picture postcard point looking back at the ...

Back in Tahiti
Dec 7, 2008 (10 photos)

... planned - around 9am  and then took nearly an hour to decide where we wanted to go. Finally we decided to go around Tahiti. Took the car and left off with Herve and Julien. Went around and arrived in the near island in the south and called a friend ...

Tahiti
Sep 21, 2006 (6 photos)

... and I was melting, so we decided to go back to the hotel. We went via the supermarket, which was a Carrefour, being a French island. It was exactly like walking into a Carrefour in France and, after I had managed to prise Richard from the cheese counter, ...

a Polynesian welcome
Oct 2, 2005 (1 photos)

... was used to campers...and why not?...no fear of getting cold, relatively quiet, and best of all...cold Hinano! (maybe the French's best contribution to the islanders is teaching them how to brew a decent lager.) anyway, "merci" for that! Near the ...

Tahiti - another trasfer
Sep 7, 2006 (2 photos)

Arrived in Tahiti, a bit confused, didn't realize we were stopping here! Had just enough time to get a cuppa tea, and have a couple of cigarettes and we were back on our way! Next stop Rarotonga, and the start to my adventure!

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

... 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 here. Although, ...

Tahiti
Jan 16, 2008 (5 photos)

... crockery for the food.... 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 ...

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 ...

Tahiti
Jul 20, 2007 (8 photos)

A LITTLE PIECE OF HEAVEN::::

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

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Tahiti a wash out
Oct 15, 2007

... 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 tell you guys much about Tahiti ...

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)

... 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 engineer. The view here is ...

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

... ; but whatever they had they were willing to share. Another interesting fact given the discussion in the US about health care: the French government provides free health care; Areti also had 6 weeks off before the birth of her child and 10 weeks after &# ...

Diving for black pearls in the lagoons of the Tuam
Apr 27, 2006 (4 photos)

... website at www.gipsymoth.org to see some pics and info of their trip. We left Manihi on the 23rd and are on our way to Tahiti. Its going to be a stark contrast to the Tuamotus to be in a city again, although we'll be able to stock up with food and ...

Tahiti Iti
Jun 9, 2003 (4 photos)

Our first day in Tahiti was exhausting as we were very jet lagged. But the weather, air, flowers and the blend of French and island culture were wonderful. It was amazing to see Gauguin's art everywhere too. We found a great little motel called Mahinatea ...

Off to Tahiti
May 4, 2006

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

Bora Bora: I arrive at the huge airport of Papeete (capital of Tahiti). From the travel reports I have received, it was recommended not to stay in Papeete or on Tahiti as it is very busy with a lot of traffic, it has lost it´s island charm. Therefore ...

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

still to do