Ahitea Lodge Papeete

Avenue Vairaatoa Papeete, Tahiti, Society Islands, 5597, French Polynesia

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Polynesie Francaise

A travel blog entry by julielolo

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... jour d’une semaine, cette fois dans les Tuamotu, archipel des atolls et du summum de la plongée ! Nous ne serons pas déçus pas ces bandes de terre d’une centaine de mètres qui s’étendent à perte de vue et qui autrefois étaient elles aussi de vraies montagnes volcaniques aujourd’hui effondrées sous les eaux du lagon. Les jeux des marées à travers les 2 passes de Rangiroa et Fakarava attirent une multitude et une ...

Moorea - The most jagged spectacular mountains!

A travel blog entry by ottawop

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... sunset yet on our trip. It's actually hard for me to believe I'm finally in French Polynesia - a dream since childhood. The sunset brings on views of endless jagged mountain ridges up the coastline, coconut palm silhouettes hanging over the coast as far as the eye can see and the sky erupting into a song and dance of vibrant colours! What's different about these South Pacific islands from anywhere in the Mediterranean or the Caribbean is the shape of the ...

Day T-1, Saturday, Jan 29, Papeete

A travel blog entry by rafinmd

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... from a height of about 200 feet.

The isthmus connecting Tahiti Iti with Tahiti Nui is directly on the opposite end of the island from Papeete. There are roads on Tahiti Iti running about 20 km in each direction from the isthmus but do not circle the island, which has a population of just under 20,000, compared to about 300,000 on Tahiti Nui. We stopped at a store on the isthmus and bought some groceries which served as ...

South Seas Introduction

A travel blog entry by ospry

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... origin with lush vegetation like part of Hawaii. The white sandy beaches turned out to be black volcanic sand that reflected like glitter in the sunlight. We visited a beautiful waterfall, toured an area of local plants and flowers, and at a nice restaurant with a great view, tasted the local beer. Following the coast onto the east side we saw smaller dwellings. Since the rainfall was less on this side of ...

Quick stopover in Papeete

A travel blog entry by freya691

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... to our room as it was so dark and just lit up with little blue lights. Finally found the room in a good position - nice & modern (fairly new I think) with a small balcony.

We woke after a few hours sleep and went down to the markets. Beautiful fresh fruit & vegies. Looks like they have everything you need but of course at a price. A whole watermelon was 1000 xpf about $15AUD. They also had a ...