Sofitel Maeva Beach Tahiti Papeete

We had always envisaged Tahiti as being a complete tropical paradise; somewhere that was probably going to be beyond our means. So, when our travel agent advised we could visit Tahiti at no extra charge, we thought "this is too good to be true".



I had always had visions of Tahiti being a tranquil island complete with palm trees, golden beaches and masses of beautiful women clad only in grass skirts.



After spending 6 ...

... Heimeri's room to sleep
in.
Interesting fact: roosters do not just cockle-doodle-doo when dawn
breaks. Throughout the night we were serenaded by loud rooster calls
- when we got up around 7am we also heard the grunts of the family
pig which will soon be slaughtered for Heimeri's birthday on 22
August. There's nothing like waking up and seeing a pig eat mango
slop first thing in the morning! Check out the video clip!

Organised late check-out to 10pm

Caught shuttle into town & wandered around market & other shops. Brunch in town then shuttle back to hotel

Afternoon "round island tour" visited lookout, waterfall, blowhole, Gauguin museum, botanical garden & grotto - very good value ...

... from pre-contact through to the present day', as soon as this was completed it was off to another lecture this time given by one of the passengers who had written and published her own life story. She was sharing information and tips on how to get started and also reading some excerpts of poetry that she and her late husband had compiled and had published - it certainly gave you 'food for thought'. The afternoon was slightly less hectic and so I had time to catch up on ...

... The 8th was really good and instructive: there are almost no beach on Tahiti!!! There are rocks most of the time. The great stuff though is that the coral reef starts about 1 or 2 m from the edge of the water. Snorkeling is therefore very good straight from the start. Like the west beaches near Auckland in NZ, the sand is black from the volcanic rocks.

... whilst we were here and a possibility was to extend our stay by rescheduling our round the world flight ticket. No luck. All flights were fully booked up and whilst we had the option of going on a waiting list, there was no indication of how long it might be before seats would be available. Being stranded in Polynesia was not a preference, as we were discovering from the high costs here. All the shops closed at midday for three hours and our investigations meant we had run out ...

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 pressing q instead of a and can locate the apostrophe. Much love Becky ps*its gonna take more time than I thought to dominate Tahiti but I think I can still get it done in 5 days. Je vous aime! Faith Im doing some research for ya!

... scene, similar to a summer rock concert at the Gorge or something, but crazier because it was kiwis. After that was over, I went home and packed for Tahiti. We travelled through the night, arrived Tahiti at 6:30am and started Friday all over again after crossing the International Date Line. Upon arrival at the airport on our 2nd Friday in a row we were welcomed with flowers for our hair and a small Tahitian band playing music. We also ...