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Uturoa Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Uturoa, French Polynesia
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Huahine thru Toahatu Pass to Raiatea
This is a top pick! Miles travelled - 28nm from Fare to West side of Raiatea I had a bit of a restless night and woke just after midnight to find one of the inter-island ferries leaving harbour and another about to come in. It is a busy port for the ferries and because we ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Goodbye Mama Jean
... the past 8 years of her life. Her world of active and social became one of inactive and withdrawn. When we arrived in Uturoa, Riatea, we received a message that she had been placed in hospice, with an uncertain amount of time left. Bruce and I had ...
3 jours à Huahine
Une fois de plus lever très matinal (5h00) pour prendre l'avion qui nous dépose en 40 minutes sur Huahine, "l'île femme", à 170 km de Tahiti. Plus sauvage et moins connue des touristes que sa voisine Bora Bora, l'île a le ...
Sea day to Raiatea
Slept in a bit. Woke to a generally flatter and less white-capped seas. Squalls off on the horizon, and the waves seem much more organized (less mish-mash) than yesterday. Had breakfast in the dining room, then went upstairs to check email. Worked out ...
To Huahine
"Alone, alone, All, all alone, Alone on the Wide, wide sea..." We were up-and-at-'em early in order to make the crossing to Huahine. After an initial and necessary cup of coffee, we headed toward Passe Toahotu. Following us rapidly, however, ...
Society Islands
... Hitch hiked a lot, the locals are very obliging and friendly and would go out of their way to take you to your destination. My french wasn't the best so was a little hard to communicate at times, but some of them knew a little english. Then a 5 day ...
Departing Raiatea
Note: Though it's not proper, no times will be listed since clocks do not exist on vacation. Actually, I'm not the Captain, but as he has an aversion to words, the responsibility falls to me. This may not be for the best. Proper logging requires a ...
Raiatea
... (even though it hadn't rained for a while). Then we sat up on the sun deck, looking out at the very quiet town of Uturoa. Around 21.21h, the musical combo began to play - it was sprinkling very slightly, so we decided to return to our stateroom, open the ...
Day at Huahine
... beach, Paul, Tom and I walked along together towards the hotel. Somewhere along the line, we lost Tom to four beautiful French girls. I had to keep distracting Paul's attention, or I probably would have lost him, too. At this juncture, my narrative ...
River in Raiatea
... course, but, still, its an interesting problem.) After we were settled, we decided to dinghy up the Only Navigable River in French Polynesia (Rivibre Aoppomau). At the end of the bay, there appear two possible channels. We chose the one of the left ...
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