Overwater Bungalows

... peaks (the most famous being Mt. Otemanu) jut out.   When our plane was over the island we could clearly see the overwater bungalows and tried to figure out which one was our hotel.  (Later, we found out ours is quite distinctive with its ...

... white sandy beaches; the low-rise resorts (that give the place a very exclusive feel) with their idyllic thatched roof overwater bungalows; the constant scent of frangipani and tiare Tahiti (the national flower that's used for almost everything); and the ...

... breakfast with some snorkeling around the hotel while Brian headed to the gym. Since there weren't any corals around the overwater bungalows, the hotel created a coral garden right by the chapel & beach area.  There were also plenty of ...

... what we've eaten and explore the area around the hotel. Not seeing any “No Trespassing” signs, we ventured past the overwater bungalows to the beach area that wasn't part of the hotel.        We passed by a ...

... and shallowness of the land under the water. We struck up conversations with some of the housekeepers and checked out the overwater bungalows. The bungalows roofs need help. They were almost blown away and in disrepair. We found out from the staff that ...

After the luxury of the overwater bungalows in Tahiti, we tried something different in Auckland - a 'capsule' hotel or 'corporate crash-pad' called the Collumbard Hotel in the CBD, a new concept in hotels that dispenses with expensive trappings like ...

... shirts singing and music playing on the little jetty over to the resort.  Likuliku is the only resort in Fiji with overwater bungalows and its adutls only so a perfect place for the remaining days of our honeymoon.  Our bungalow or Bures as ...

... tourists) Soreya pulls out the staffie spread and we eat a superb duck and bitter leaf soup and some other awesome pork dish on the overwater deck. Nice guys, free food, top location. A fine end to a relaxed Kampot day, even if it did start on the ...