Hotel Prince Hinoi Papeete

... br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br ><br><br><br><br><br><br>Our last nights dinner was at Le Belvedere a restaurant that has been open for 41 years. It is located at 2,000ft, with a magnificent view of Papeete and the harbour. <br>We took their offer of the round-trip transportation,<br>and boy weren't we pleased we did. <br><br><br> This restaurant is known for ...

... however is that they certainly have a better class of mosquito than your average tropical country. They seem to be capable of knawing at you no matter how much repellent you use. So our mosquito nets became an essential first line of defence. Sadly, we didn´t use them the first night and we both woke slightly more lumpy than how we had gone to sleep the night before. The little blighters had feasted on every ounce of flesh they could find.<br ...

Ein kurz** Flug ueb** Nacht im angenehm le**en Flugzeug und wir sind in Tahiti. Es ist 5 Uhr morgens als wir ankommen, d** Tag ist also noch jung. Wir mieten uns ein Auto und fahren die Kuestenstrasse entlang um die Insel h**um. Dann schauen wir uns am Strand den Sonnenaufgang an, wand**n ein kleines Stueck in Richtung Wass**fall durch **staunlich dichte und gruene Vegetation, und beginnen ein neues Sprachabenteu**. Inzwischen waren wir es ...

... in a way I wish we hadn't had to leave, but we did, we had new countries to explore and new adventures to have. And more importantly some sun to find, this helped leaving a little bit easier. So we finally arrived in Papeete at 9.40pm, 25 minutes late but a whole day behind!!!!! We had gained 22 hours which was rather cool but also slightly weird, so it was now the 18th April again. The airport was really busy and it took us over an hour to get through passport control and then ...

... fruit vines, Avocados, &amp; African Tulip flowers, we continued our journey across this very rough terrain until we reached a valley which he explained to us was the centre of the island, unfortunately the rain had also arrived at this point but with the added advantage that the temp had now become more comfortable. At this point he spent some time talking to us about the island and how the French Polynesian Islands, of which Tahiti is one, form a triangle with New ...

French Polynesia is a beautiful part of the world but I do not recommend arriving late on Christmas eve. I was met at the airport by the owner of the hostel and taken with my fellow hostel mates to Papeete. Due to the flight times I had, I was unable to leave the island of Tahiti so had to spend the next few days in and around Papeete. In an attempt to feel at least a little Christmassy, 3 of us went to Midnight ...

... hanging from her mouth. The fish market revealed blue parrot fish, unicorn fish &amp; massive tuna, marlin steaks. It also revealed Tahiti style 'ladyboys'! Apparently families who have a 4th boy are so disappointed they raise him as a girl anyway! I have to say, they are far better at detail than the Thai's. Shell accessories, Sunday best hats, hibiscus necklaces but it's always the size 12 feet that give it away! Lots of love Still swinging in hammocks! Suzy and Michaelxxxx

... the sunset as background and then to go to eat some raw fish in on of the roulotte: small van amenaged to cooked. They are all in one of the main place of Papeete and you eat outside on plastic chair the excellent food that they are doing in their van. As there are a lot of van you can chose exactly what you want to eat. I took some raw fish with coconut milk and tomato, and lemon to cook the raw fish: mmmhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!

... dormitory was in the attic with one end completely open for a fantastic view of the sea. Unfortunately it started to rain, and when the wind picked up it was blowing the rain across the beds. There were 3 of us in the room and we ended up moving everything as far away from the "window" as possible just to stay dry. It brought back memories of camping down in Patagonia! But it had a lovely sea view, and there were free kayaks and ...

... butter, and wine. Sounds good, doesn't it? Even the wine sounded good to me. Liz and Jonathan and I had wine at dinner the other night to celebrate midterms being over and I'd actually liked it; Liz said it was good wine and she would know, but I was pretty surprised that I was able to drink it at all. Of course this was going to be much cheaper wine but I was willing to try again. Maybe I could learn to like it after all. When we finally got out of the supermarket ...