Sofitel Maeva Beach

... we checked out afterwards, she wasn't even ripping us off. Michelle frantically appeared at the check in desk of the Sofitel Maeva Beach Hotel and explained the sick boyfriend, need bed situation to the 60 odd year old receptionist in an Hawaiian shirt ...

... the whole day is happening now. We are able to locate our travel representative and find our scheduled transportation to our hotel, the Sofitel in Papeete. We are told it would leave in about 15 minutes, sure enough our first lesson in "island time" the ...

... a night for a box room in a basic guest house with shared bathroom, or we can take advantage of a low season offer at the Sofitel resort, for 75 UK pounds a night, including an all you can eat breakfast. We decided that the second option was much better ...

... the capital city of Papeete and getting the feel of the local vibe there. Also we could have spent an extra day at the beach, hitting golf balls, late night drinking outside, jet skiing, all of which the first hotel had to offer. the others not so much. ...

... it looked amazing. We'll be back in 3 days.   Once on Huahine we settled into our lovely little pension, Fare Maeva. We walked on the beach watching the surf break on the corals, cooled off in the pool and wandered along to the island's main 'town' ...