Country Info
- Papeete
- Capital
- CFP Franc (XPF)
- Currency
- 253,506
- Population
- PF
- Country Code
French Polynesia Slideshow
French Polynesia
Travel Blogs from French Polynesia
Last landfall before Callao
... days at sea. The staff are all braced for restless passengers to find something to complain about We have left French Caledonia behnd France did its fair share of colonisation. Bora Bora was everybody's favourite. Clear blue sky, turquoise ...
Hiking in Moorea
... hour. We finally saw some sea urchins - we'd been looking for days - so that was a success. Our last full day in French Polynesia was our most physically strenuous, and we're both pretty tired, but satisfied. We couldn't have asked for a better ...
Beautiful Bora Bora!
... I didn't really like... real *French* toast is too eggy for me), fresh pineapple, sausage, bacon, and since we were in French Polynesia, I had to try a croissant and a couple other of their little sweets from the tables. They even had fresh loaves ...
Tahitian reality
Tahitian Photos: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=35449&l=12792&id=551865803 It was cloudy and humid today so spent most of the day lazying around the hotel. We went to the poolside bar for happy hour cocktails (made ...
Allo, allo
Photos - having problems with uploading to Travelpod so have uploaded on Facebook. Here is a link that everybody can view, even if you are not registered to Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=35449&l=12792&id=551865803 Woke up ...
To Tahiti
... rent a Car. Had lunch in the airport-grilled --chicken sandwich. Took Hawaitan Airline t,from Maui to Honolulu then to Papeete,French Polynesia. It took 5 hours and 20 minutes..The plane was a Boing 767.. Meet Lisa and Mike in the airport. They are ...
Moorea
The day after we were in Papeete, we sailed to Moorea, the next island in the French Polynesian chain. I have lost my cheat sheet on Moorea, so I will not be able to tell you much of its history or other details... you will have to use Google for ...
More than just a thank you
Today was quite a day. Breakfast for the guests was all at once, so that was a bit hectic, coupled with provisions arriving in the middle of service. I had a brain buster of a mission to sort out two weeks of produce into a walk-in that was pretty full ...
Diving!
... boat dock at 8am and taken to the shop to get our wet suits and BCDs and to meet up with the other divers. It is a French and Japanese couple that owns the shop, Ivan and Sarah... they were both very nice. A lot of the other divers on the ...
Main Island
... for 4 kids! It was good, but they used a different cheese... I kinda like American better... but we are in French territory, haha. The crème brulée was good... it came in a little coconut shell with caramelized bananas around it. ...
Traveling to Tahiti And Our First Day
Our trip started on the o'dark thirty (5.30am) Airtrain from Fortitide Valley to the BNE International Airport. After checking and and collecting our moula we were off on the first leg of our journey to Auckland. It was an uneventful three hour flight. ...
Raiatea, French Polynesia
Once again I stayed on the ship for IPM, but today was rainy and humid. I planned to go to the pool, but the weather caused me to rethink that plan quickly. I enjoyed working on some of my photos and creating more slideshows. You may ...
Wow
It is now Tuesday evening and we are sitting outside on our balcony of the over water bungalow. This place is crazy nice, from the room to the 2 level balcony to the water and the fish but first I'll continue where I left off. Monday was probably our ...
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 ...
Fakarava
Vi har nu nået Fakarava, endnu en Tuamotu, og hygger os gevaldigt. I går tilbragte jeg dagen med Manihi, indehaver af en lille pension, og delvist hans 5 gæster. Formiddagen blev brugt på at fange fisk til forplejningen ude i lagunen. Så nu har jeg ...
Report
Iaorana (notese la A) es tahitiano , casi lo mismo que el rapa nui en todo caso.. (de repente encuentro gente que es muy parecida a otra de la isla se nota que de por aca era hotu matu'a Ya llevo unas semanas aqui en tahiti ...
Day Five: Going Brain Dead in Bora Bora
There's always a point (well hopefully) when one goes completely brain dead on a vacation. By that I mean, when one reaches a certain level of Nirvana - a sort of "I don't really care WHAT happens to the rest of the world, I'm here and that's all ...
LIVE VIDEO: young Tahiti Kayaker in action
See how fast these guys are going - drafting behind suttle boats. Quite impressive!! Enjoy ...
Island paradise
Met up with some people at Easter Island for a drink while we waited for the plane to go. I thought I recognised one of them and it turned out to be a guy who worked at Gissings while I was there. He was travelling with his girlfriend on redundancy ...
towel
In search of Sarkozy Falls
... the flight. I had five excellent days in Raiatea (see blog) and returned to Papeete in an excellent mood. French Polynesia was definitely starting to grow on me. I had an 'organisation day', which included some email ...
Sydney-Auckland-Papeete, and welcome to Tahiti!
... As soon as we board the Air Tahiti plane in Auckland, we’re greeted in French. Oh yes, we forgot, it’s French Polynesia! We were afraid that we would be the intruders on a multitude of honeymooners in Bora Bora. But fortunately we discover ...
Drive around Moorea
All right. Now my vague dislike of Tahiti has grown to fairly solid disgust. Sure, everyone is friendly enough - at least, they're not rude - but the extraordinary cost of everything except baguettes is unpleasant. One just feels reamed at every turn - ...
Swimming with the sharks
... bit for yesterday.) Went early to the Internet café so Paul could take care of some business (as Data service is not available in French Polynesia). Then, at 09.30h, we all boarded the Liki Tiki for an excursion (with a dozen or so other people). It was ...
The Big 50th Anniversary
Woke up to another lovely morning. Deck was not too wet this morning, so I did my yoga there. Sat and had several cups of coffee, discussing island transportation, etc. Watched as the highest point on the island (Mt. Tohiuea - 3958') continuously ...