Blogs from Huahine, French Polynesia, Oceania

Although it may seem monotonous to go snorkeling every day and then have lunch on a beach. We don’t feel that way! Similar activities four times this week with another one tomorrow. Not much to say except “Life is good.”... read more

Huahine is part of the Society Islands in French Polynesia, and is one of the lesser developed islands. There are roads, and houses, and it is civilized, but there is not much development in terms of resorts and tourism, which is a good thing, in my opinion. We did not have a ton of time to explore the island, but we made the most of it by renting some scooters and going for a blast around the island. As far as I know, there was only one resort on the island, but I'm sure that there were more lesser known bed and breakfast types of places, 'Pensions', as they're called. Huahine is a place that is frequented by sailboat-cruiser types, and with the convenient barrier reef surrounding a good portion of the island, the nicest way ... read more

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone back home. There is much to give thanks for today. I have been weighing the pros and cons of being out here over Thanksgiving. I do have to say this wins out. No offense to my family. I love them and I would never have the opportunities that I have had if it were not for my parents. They have provided support and guidance far beyond what I ever could have hoped for, but it is everything else that comes with Thanksgiving. It is not just the relaxing time that it could be. To go home and have to sleep on the couch because everyone else has kids; I feel like I have no privacy. By necessity I am the last to bed and the first to wake up, I end up ... read more

Huahini - Day 3 Sailed into Maroe Bay and anchored around seven. We enjoyed the scenery and breakfast and then prepared for our motu picnic. The plan is to sail and snorkel, then picnic on a small island (a motu) and enjoy some local entertainment. We met our group o the dock at 9 and boarded our flower decked motorized canoe. While we motored slowly along the shore our guide explained the geography of the islands. There are actually two parts to Huahini, Huahini Iki (little) and Huahini Nui (great), joined by the longest bridge in French Polynesia at 110 meters. The rainy season is late this year, yippee for us, but resulting in large wild fires in the hills. We watched one that started small at the top of the ridge and three hours later ... read more

We visited Tahiti primarily because it’s a compulsory stop off between the Easter Island and New Zealand. We decided to make the most of it and invested 5 days into staying on one of its many tropical islands called Huahine. We were fortunate enough to have a good friend of ours (Natalie) fly in and stay with us while we were there - it was so strange (but great!!) to have a friend from home out there with us! Elsosorban azert latogattuk meg Tahitit, mert kotelezo allomas a Husvet-sziget es uj-zeland kozott. Es ha mar ott voltunk gondoltuk kihasznaljuk az alkalmat es 5 napig maradtunk a szigetcsopert Huahine nevu szigeten. Olyan szerencsesek voltunk, hogy egy kedves baratnonk (Nat) csatlakozott hozzank. Fura es egyben nagyszeru erzes volt, hogy egy otthoni baratunkkal oszthattuk meg az elmenyt. We all ... read more