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- Papeete
- Capital
- CFP Franc (XPF)
- Currency
- 253,506
- Population
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French Polynesia Slideshow
Travel Blogs from French Polynesia
Tahiti at Last
... established. By 1949, a functional island government existed and the people of Tahiti, and its surrounding islands, gained representation in the French assembly. Our Experience Tahiti left Ray and I a little flat. We knew that it would be more ...
Fish and More Beautiful Fish
... was South Marutea. The long string of islands, which spreads from the south-East to the North-East, as all the other Archipelagoes in French Polynesia, is the oldest in the region. From a hot spot in the cover of the earth's crust, 77 volcanoes were born, ...
Moorea...Just Magic !
Tahiti's sister island is also named "fee" in Polynesian, which means the octopus because of its jagged shape. The surface area is 132 square km, with the highest peak at 1,207 metres. This makes the island a vast, abundantly flowering tropic ...
Pacific Ocean and Marquesas in French Polynesia
... 9 francs to the dollar, all produce and goods are at least double if not triple in price. Though there is a fabulous range of French cheeses at pretty much Australian price. We took a long afternoon walk(its a little cooler then) up to the local ...
Bora Bora Beautiful
... back drop. (Mt. Tefateaiti) The story goes the Polynesians first settled here some 1000 years ago and is the womb of all Polynesia. Next island was Huahine, once again white beaches and crystal waters, sorry it gets a bit boring to write about but if ...
just a day of relaxing
... my body was completely sore today. i stopped by at pierre's and told him i am just going to relax today. there is another french kitesurfer taking lessons today, his name is also pierre! pierre the instructor said we can hook up tomorrow and one of us can ...
activité magnifique
aujourd'hui je suis aller à plongée en apnée. Je suis aller regarder les requins et les raies. Je suis très excité. C'est très magnifique. J'espère à voir ...
En-route to Moorea
The highlight of the morning was the last Terry Waite talk which had a full house. He told of his five year incarceration and torture (beating the soles of the feet, which is the only lingering disability he has). The reason he thinks he was tortured ...
Feb 11, 2009
Last Day
Today we enjoyed our last (half) day on Bora Bora as our flight was leaving at 5pm to Papeete. We spent the day at the beach, I had one last snorkel with the sea turtles while Paul layed out in the sun. Then we both just enjoyed hanging ...
Papeete, second visit
... there is a big plaque thanking Mitterand for his help and support. I’m not sure the Tahitians have direct voting for French politicians but at least the governor benefited by either getting lots of funding or at least a nice posting here. Since ...
Back from Tahaa with Eclipse !
Iaorana à tous ! Merci pour tous vos petits messages bien chaleureux ! Je prendrai le soin de vous répondre individuellement avec photos à l'appui. Le blog sera bientôt beaucoup plus imagé qu'à présent ! De retour d'une virée de 4 jours à ...
Papeete Can't Bebeete
This is French Polynesia (poly nesia means many islands; there are 130 of them). Papeete (translated as “Water Basket”) is the largest city (population about 130,000) on the island of Tahiti Nui which is joined by an isthmus to ...
Rain and a tattoo
We had rain all through the night with some significant downpours. We thought it would let up this morning but no such luck. There was a short break which was just enough time for me to make my morning run to the market for our fresh baguettes. The first ...
Day 94
This morning we were anchored in the bay at the Island of Bora Bora. We were up early to see the arrival and we were a little uncertain of the weather. There were a few spots of rain and the sea looked bumpy. We went to breakfast and while we were there ...
Day 93
Last night we continued towards Papeete and arrived there about 8am. Contrary to the cyclone warnings we heard it was a bright sunny day in Papeete. The locals gave us a rousing welcome with their singing on the pier. As we went ashore the photographers ...
Last port before Papeete
We are here in Moorea (not far from Tahiti) for two days. Took a challenging hike thru the rain forest today with Mark Eddowes (google him - fascinating guy). Will try to put up several more pictures. Still having a great time of course! ...
Honeymoon Day 1: Tahiti Arrival
Honeymoon: Day 2...although it still feels like day one! We have beeen travelling for a day, and have finallly arrived in Tahiti. It is 4:30am local time (10:30am in Toronto). The flight from Los Angeles through to Tahiti was pretty ...
Tipping Over
... (basically big chunks of fresh fish grilled with some sort of savory sauce) and Brian had a fish dinner that came with 2 pieces of grilled fish and French fries (“frites”). It was a good way to end a relaxing day! ...
Papeete, French Polynesia
... we were impressed with how casual and friendly the citizens of Papeete were. They enjoyed us visiting their city. No English is spoken, only French and Tahitian. The market was a good place to start as we could walk around out of the sun and adjust to the ...
Bora Bora
It’s good to be back in the land of the living! We woke this morning, anchored in the bay off the port of BoraBora. Unfortunately it has been overcast with rain showers throughout the whole day. Nevertheless we ...
The last couple days and leaving :(
... just a little bit away from being good. Nothing can replace the food in Philadelphia. Not Chicago, New York and especially not French Polynesia. The ride home however would turn out to be a long and arduous one. For starters our flight from the main ...
Embarking on our favorite cruise line
We took the ferry back to Papeete and gathered our luggage. It was just a short walk to where the cruise ship was docked although dragging our luggage along made it a little more difficult. They took our luggage and then had us walk over to ...
déjà une semaine et demie à Papeete
déjà 10 jours de passé en Polynésie à Papeete. Nous avons trouvé une petite maison au bord du lagon à Papara, une marche suffit pour aller se baigner et voir les poissons. bientôt un petit tour à Moorea puis ... pour l'instant on sillonne la ...
Changes in latitude, changes in attitude
(S): Back to the airport, for the first actual leg of the honeymoon. Ahhh....coffee machines that take a token and I get to choose what I want. European style heaven. We board our plane with limited security, we fly northwest to the island of Bora Bora. ...
Time for Tahaa
November 23rd It was time! Unfortunately we are leaving the island of Bora Bora but starting a new journey in Tahaa. We packed up, took one more swim and walked the boardwalk towards the end of our time at Bora Bora. We walked about 2kms and we ...
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 ...