Papeete, French Polynesia Travel Blogs

Tahiti - how nice can it be to be bored?
Nov 17, 2008 (10 photos)

... muss nicht sehr frisch gewesen sein, seit diesem Zeitpunkt naemlich verbrachte ich dann eine betraechtliche Zeit unseres Aufenthalts in Papeete auf dem WC. Wie freuten wir uns auf Bora Bora - ein Propellerflugzeug brachte uns in einer Stunde dorthin und ...

Last day in Tahiti
Jul 8, 2007 (10 photos)

Sunday is pretty well dead in Tahiti so we lazed around the pension until we had to check out.  We walked to town and got Le Truck to the airport and checked the bags at a storage room.  There was an internet cafe at the airport but it was ...

Saturday in Tahiti
Jul 7, 2007 (15 photos)

We actually got to sleep in a bit before heading off once again to the market.  Some other tourists at the pension had tipped us off that we will get better seats for the show if we book ahead in the Oddessey ticket office.  Lucky we did as ...

So Faa'a Away
Feb 1, 2008

Tahiti Faa'a Airport, in addition to its silly name, has a silly lack of seating. We were given little flowers as we arrived (very pretty), then went to look for somewhere to crash for the next few hours. As our flight arrived at 1120pm and we were ...

Papeete 2
Mar 15, 2008 (2 photos)

... had still not used everything. We checked in our two bags and then boarded the turboprop for the fifty minute flight back to Papeete, flying over a couple of cloudy islands. The plane was not full and we waited for our bags as the rest of the luggage ...

Papeete Shopping
Jul 7, 2007 (12 photos)

After a good night´s rest, it was time to go shopping.  First on the list was Tahitian dance DVDs and music which we easily found at Tahiti Music opposite the cathedral.  Then it was off to the central market to pick up a few pareos (sarongs), a ...

Land Ahoy
Oct 8, 2009 (5 photos)

... few hours and decided to save our beach time for tomorrow at Moorea, an island with no cities only 12 miles from Papeete.  This is French Polynesia and French is the only spoken here (besides American dollars, that is).  We did some look shopping ...

Arrival in Tahiti
Jul 6, 2007 (4 photos)

What a mad rush!  We barely succeeded in sneaking our backpacks on as cabin bags for the Brisbane to Sydney sector.  A few kgs over the weight but it was all for a good cause.  Air Tahiti Nui is a delight to fly with, great service, nice ...

Tahiti Conference
Apr 25, 2009 (12 photos)

I know that you will all be reading this and feeling no sympathy for me.... How bad can a 5 day conference in Tahiti be ? The Coke company took the South Pacific countries ( Fiji, New Caledonia, Samoa, American Somao, Vanuatu and Cook Islands) to Tahiti ...

Tahiti and other beautiful Islands
Apr 20, 2006 (9 photos)

Well, here we are in French Polynesia at last, something that we have been looking forwards to for a long while! After a good flight we arrived at the airport with our bags packed so we only had to take one with us round the islands. However when we ...

Tahiti
Apr 19, 2006 (6 photos)

I arrived in Tahiti at 8pm but it was still about 28 degrees. very hot and humid. I really loved my stay there though. It was weird to hear most people speaking french and driving on the right hand side of the road.

tahiti
Sep 20, 2002

stunning

French Polynesia
Nov 5, 2008

Papetee

French Polynesia
Oct 31, 2008

Papetee

private
Oct 5, 2005 (2 photos)

efaesaef

Tahiti
Jun 2, 2005

So after spending months researching flights I was relegated to take Air Tahiti Nui with a stopover in Tahati... I never know what a great airline it was. Good food, friendly service, TVs in every seat, Games in the seat..... The only downside is it ...

Cruise around Society Islands
Aug 2, 2007 (13 photos)

For my grandparents' 50th anniversary, the extended family took a cruise around the Society Islands ...

Papeete
Mar 26, 1986

China

Aah... Tahiti
Jul 3, 2007 (2 photos)

mmm

Papeete
Mar 1, 2009

transfer

Arrived Tahiti
Jul 12, 1987 (19 photos)

... Papeete around One o'clock in the morning. With the odds that one's flight will be delayed, there is no point in getting a hotel room. Fortunately, we know where the only three benches in the Papeete airport can be found ... and we made a bee-line to them.

What a day: swimming with Dolphins etc.
Nov 8, 2005 (3 photos)

Wow... what a day again! Today took the ferry to Moorea, Tahiti's neighbor island. There we went to the Dolphin center where we swam with Dolphins - probably one of those dreams that everyone has at one point within his childhood. It was great - how ...

to Papeete
Jul 17, 1985

one final stop

Papeete again
Aug 22, 2007

Woke to the sounds of sirens in Papeete. I guess that's getting us ready for our return to civilization, although I hardly feel like I've escaped it - or experienced an alternative variety - on this trip. The six of us did coffee in the dining room ...

Leaving the mysteries behind...
Jul 25, 2007 (8 photos)

Locals refer to the island as Te Pito o te henua (the navel of the world) but in 1888 it became part of Chile and is now known as Isla de Pascua (after the first European landed on Easter Sunday in 1722) so that clears are the name mystery! And it ...

Arrival in Tahiti
Dec 3, 2005

Arrival in Tahiti to board the Paul Gauguin.

Need More Sleep
Dec 3, 2005 (1 photos)

We arrived into Tahiti airport and headed 5mins up the hill to our hostel for the next 2 nights. On arriving we took in the 30c weather and then caught up on some much needed sleep. The following day we had plans to explore the town and the local market ...

In Search of Paul Gauguin
Mar 1, 2005 (9 photos)

... to get dark as we make our way into Pape'ete proper. We drive to the airport to turn in the car and wait for the overnight flight to LA. It's been a great 10 days sailing to these lovely islands. Parahi, nana or Au revoir from French Polynesia.

Papeete Tahiti
Jun 30, 2006 (20 photos)

En billedserie med kommentarer

A week of sailing in Polynesia
Nov 16, 2005

What an experience... we (my parents and I) left Papeete per plane to go to one of the society islands called Raiatea where we boarded our sailing catamaran. Our crew Dimitri, the skipper and Terengui, the hostess were absolutely great, especially with ...