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- Papeete
- Capital
- CFP Franc (XPF)
- Currency
- 253,506
- Population
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Time out in Tahiti
... for your Monday morning (we managed to acquire some cheapish internet access hence all the blog entries) Clare and I are now in French Polynesia for our last week of sunshine before heading to LA LA! We spent a couple of days in Tahiti where we ...
Chapter One: Bonjour
Bonjour everyone. The rate here is ridiculous and I dont know where all the keys are so its taking ages to type. Just to let you know we have arrived in Tahiti and its hot AS! Weve had some amusing incidents which I will recount later when Im not ...
Maupiti wins my heart
... few days a week, and takes about two hours each way, depending on the weather. My travel companion for the day was a beautiful french girl named Sophie whom I had met earlier in the week while sunseting at the hotel bora bora. She has been working on the ...
Raiatea
Raiatea another beautiful island, but they are very expensive, we went for a quick walk before heading off on our tour. We went to the pearl farm and then snorkelled, we were shown how the implant the beads to make the pearls, and they showed us some of ...
Christmas cards
... three hours on the beach. Not that I got much sleeping done between the pack of topless women to my left, the adorable french toddlers to my right, and the stingray circling the shallow lagoon waters in front. That evening we splurged on a dinner theatre ...
A hoot of a scoot
There is a small place at the center of the hauru point shopping center which hires out scooters in decent shape for about 5500 CFP (~55$ U.S.). If you rent one at noon you can spend the afternoon and next morning riding around the island at about 50 kmh ...
Travelling back in time...
... a journey only to arrive there yesterday. It´s kind of bizarre crossing the international date line... Spent my first night in French Polynesia in Papeete, which, apart from being very hot, and very expensive, isn´t too much to write home about ...
one more day in Paradise.
... salesmen, and decided life was to short. He now has a very successful tour company here on the islands. Since it is still French Polyneisa he had no problem immigrating here. The standard of living of the locals is great and they abide by the french ...
on the hook
... because I'm shoeless...Sebastian..I hope you are reading this.. (Sebi lives in Tortola, and is well documented to be both french.. and a shoe thief). Now we have moved round to the eastern side of the lagoon. A more picturesque but less sociable ...
Cruisin' on a Sunday
Beautiful day!! We are determined to stay in shape throughout this trip so what better way to start the day then a 45 minute run! Wow – it was good to do but we feel it!!!! So we take it easy for the rest of the morning and do our first load of ...
lucky son of a..
We left Raro, bound for Bora Bora, mid morning beating into 20kts out the ESE. Not ideal, but at least we were going fast in sort of the right direction. That only lasted till midnight. The breeze died, and we motorsailed the rest of the way. Well, ...
Bucket List
In 1991, I was surfing in Half Moon Bay when I saw my very first shark. I had been to Sea World as a kid and I've been to the Denver Aquarium a bunch of times, but to see a shark, you need to see it without a pane of glass in the way. You need the shark ...
Tahiti-anniversaire d’Émilie!
Déjà 15 ans! Il ne fallait pas rater l'événement. À l'origine, la Polynésie française n’était pas sur notre itinéraire de voyage. Mais nous avons changé d’idée lorsque mimi a découvert que son anniversaire était menacé. Il ...
Sleepin' and other strenuous activities...
... . What day is it? So today I cross the international date line for the first of 3 times in one week. I will fly to French Polynesia and then back a week later only to fly across the date line to South America again the following day. So I've ...
Day 57
... table book. Then we moved on to a little store - I almost called it a tienda again but that's what it was only in French - how do you say "little dingy store" in French? Anyway we killed about half an hour there buying drinks and using the toilets in the ...
The clue is in the name 'Pap'
Due to the timeline we had two Valentines Days! The first one was spent racing to the airport to return the hire car on time without running out of petrol, then wasting about an hour queueing in the wrong check in queue - fun! In order to get to ...
Bonjour from Tahiti
... qnd I got q lot of greqt photos. We zill be in Mooreq tomorrow. Hopefully; I cqn find qn internet cqfe zith q keyboqrd I cqn reqd. Everything here is very expensive; One French feqnc eauqls 80 cents so it is no bqrgqin. Love to qll ...
MOOREA ISLAND (French Polynesia). March 4
A clarification, Moorea is the sister island of Tahiti, you can see his silhouette from Papeete that is only 17 km away. There are several ferries that make the trip in just over 30 minutes. This island has has a barrier reef that surrounds it and ...
Day 12
Woke up bright and early to begin our adventure on Tahiti! Decided we would rent a car and find our own way around the island rather than taking a tour. Got directions to the car rental and headed out. Upon arrival there was a long line and by the time ...
South Pacific vacation
We arrived in the Tahiti capital of Papeete just before midnight. Other travelers have said that it is a dump and too get out of the city as fast as possible. We just needed a place to stay for the night and head out to Moorea as soon as we could. We ...
No mas Espagnol
Off to Tahiti. ¿Will I get upgraded to First class? hope so. hehe No upgrade unfortunaly but the plane was pretty much empty so I had all the 3 seats in the middle for myself and as such could lie down easily and confortably. Arrived early and waited ...
When It Rains, It Pours
Our flight arrives in Papeete just after midnight on the 9th. Outside the plane, it is pouring down rain. The airline even gives us all disposable ponchos so we can walk from the plane to the terminal. Since nothing is open and no busses are running, we ...
Parlez-vous francais?
Die Tage in der Suedsee waren besonders erholsam. Und zum ersten Mal auf meiner Reise verschwand fuer ein paar Tage das Englisch als Hauptsprache und wurde durch Franzoesisch ersetzt, was mir eigentlich ziemlich entgegen kam. Von Tahiti aus stach ich am ...
Day 11
At sea most of the day and then docked in Papeete, Tahiti at 7:00pm. After getting off the ship we took a long walk through the town. Most of the shops were closed by this point except for the restaurants and bars. So...... where did we end up??? ...
Dolphins and Pearls
Rangiroa is the second largest atoll in the world (the largest apparently is in Marshall Islands) and we had an idyllic stop here in the Tuamotu islands on our way back to Tahiti. There are endless islands here and at one point we could see 43 dotted on ...
tour papeete
Up early again today, watched the boat come in to dock what beautiful scenery, took a few photos of papeeta on the way in. Then went back to the cabin to wake the girls up so we could go and have a look at the town. So we were up and off to look and as ...
Chilling out
We said farewell to Andrew and headed to Moorea and a lovely little cottage overlooking gardens and the lagoon. Seriously nice to have no agenda for four days and no fixed meal times. Lots of sleep, scrabble reading and fresh tuna. There is arguably ...
Back on dry land
... culture and history as our visits and lectures mounted. Our on-board lecturer Peter Crawford entertainingly outlined the history of Polynesia for us all. This started with the Lapita people, famous for their intricately decorated pottery, who spread east ...
Stranded on Tahiti!
Due to Air Tahiti Nui delaying our flight by 5 hours in Auckland, we missed our connection to our number one destination, Easter Island! So, here we were stranded on a desert island, Tahiti of all places! The airline has, of course, booked us on the next ...
FRENCH POLYNESIA - BORA BORA, PEPEETE (TAHITI), AN
... land can only be owned by local families who, in common with all the other islands, live in extended family groups. Although French Polynesia has the highest cost of living in the world after Japan she said that there is absolutely no need to be ...