Society Islands Hotels - Reviews and Rates

19th April 2009 (In New Zealand) - 18th April 2009 (In Tahiti) So today was to be the day of time travel. We had to be up and out of the hostel by 10am and then we caught the 10.45am airbus shuttle to the airport which arrived about 11.20am where we checking in for our flight to Papeete - Tahiti. Our flight was at 2.15pm so another wait around t...

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 we reached the counter there was one car left with us and another couple. (Round 1 ding ding d...

The title of this entry is not meant to imply that Papeete is lost in time, not at all, but it´s the first time I´ve set out on 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...

I left again a Paradise to find this time not a Paradise but a Island with a big city. As Papeete is the main Island of French Polynesia, she had also a big part of the population and the construction. In other words, Papeete is not really beautiful: it s nice to get a starting point but I should not advise to stay there too long. Hopefully for ...

The 767 from Santiago landed at nearly 9pm with its newcomers. We boarded and set off at 2210 for the five and a half hour, 2500 miles to Tahiti. We landed in Papeete, French Polynesia at 0340 and promptly reset our watches back FIVE hours - this was some time shift. Alternatively, you could say we covered 2500 miles in half an hour, who needs s...

So a bit more on Papeete.. The place is bustling, morning, noon, and night. Traffic is always heavy, especially along the main waterfront promenade. Though I have to say, the pedestrian is KING! Crossings are everywhere, and you just have to look like you might cross the road, and cars, vans, trucks, and scooters will come to a screeching halt. ...

Aidrian!!Love you man, but you did make me start this and got a lot of back tracking to do, hope I can fill in some blanks later... Got out of the UK just un time, missed the real rain!! Unfortunately Marina left the boat, will miss her.......... not for long, she flew in!!! So got Adrian and Marina and Val, BVI again, sorry Mike!! Try to get Ma...

Preliminary views of Tahiti, in my opinion were "amazing." Shame it didnt last. After getting on the boat to the neighbouring island of moorea.. which was great fun (with some fantastic views) we met, by a stroke of luck, our host " Mark" from Marks paradise. He "Kindly" offered to give us a lift to our "prebooked" accomodation in his beaten up ...

Day ten and we are back where we started - Pape'ete the capital of Tahiti. The Amazing Grace pulls into the Quai d'Honneur early in the morning and we debark in search of a car rental company. Our flight doesn't leave till late in the evening, so we have a full day to see the island. First, we head across the Blvd. Pomare straight to the Marche ...