We went to Moorea, Bora Bora, and Rangiroa for our honeymoon. I would recommend French Polynesia to pretty much just couples or scuba divers. There is little to no night life, the islands are very relaxed, but the snorkeling and diving was amazing. We arrived at our hotel, Moorea Pearl Resort. Walked down the road and went to a few shops and got food at the grocery store. Made noodles with tomato sauce in the coffee maker for dinner, awesome! Be ready to either do this or spend a ridiculous amount of money on food. Over $100 US dollars for the [View Full Entry]

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We stayed at Bora Bora Pearl Resort. Arriving in Bora Bora was amazing. We stayed on an overwater bungalow which was awesome! The Pearl is great for snorkeling off your balcony because is has a reef nursery with tons of fish and it has a reef under every bungalow's glass coffee table. At night if you just hang out on your balcony with the lights on the water you can see stingrays and sharks swim by your room! It was incredible. We started the next day early with a 4 hour Land Rover “Safari” around the island. It was beautiful. The [View Full Entry]

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Arrived at our hotel, Kia Ora and went snorkeling out front our hotel. It was kinda cloudy water but we saw a huge “Giant Morey Eel” and a bat ray, along with plenty of fish. Amy almost got bite by the eel having stood right next to it then putting her face in the water and it was within a few feet of the eel. Later we went on an outrigger canoe, which wasn’t very exciting, then swam in the pool and went to dinner with a Polynesian dance show at the hotel. I woke up and ran to Avarotu [View Full Entry]

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Tahiti Aftaná 8 tímar og 3 filmar í einum flogfari komu vit endiliga til Papeete, Tahiti. Vit lendu uml kl 6.30 um kvøldi, men hóast alt var myrkt, sóu vit skjótt at hetta var eitt heldur øðrvísið land, vit vóru komin til. Á flogvøllinum vóru vit bjóðaði vælkomin við blómum og livandi tónleiki- 4 fittir tahitiskir menn sótu á einum bonki og spældu guitar :) Tá vit vóru sloppin gjøgnum passkontrol og høvdu tikið pengar út (30.000 fr; uml 3.000kr), fóru vit at finna okkum ein taxabil at koyra okkum til hostellið. Vit funnu nakrar taxabilar og lupu í tann [View Full Entry]

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In November I'm flying from LAX to Auckland and will have a 2-hour layover in Papeete. What is there to do in the airport? May I leave the airport, or am I supposed to stay inside? Is there a cafe, public telephones, newspapers, magazines, etc.? Is two hours long enough to go outside the airport if I want to? As far as I know, I won't have to check back in since I'll already have my boarding pass. I hear that there is market set up across the street from the terminal that sells Tahitian handicrafts, etc. Is that true? I'll [View Full Entry]

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Hello to everyone and sorry that our 2nd blog took so long to produce! We just got a secure wireless internet account here in New Zealand so that is what the delay has been! Anyway, we were quite sad to leave Moorea as we really fell in love with the island. It's a spectacularly stunning island, with gorgeous sunsets (new pics included) towering mountain peaks, and sparkling clear blue waters! We were able to snorkel right below our bungalow and the amount and variety of fish we saw was amazing. We also did a really fun ATV ride into the mountains, [View Full Entry]

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Bonjour to all... So, life here in the islands of French Polynesia isn't too bad! It's 7 pm Friday evening, and Candice and I are hanging at the bar, reading/internet at our resort here in Moorea. We had an absolutely gorgeous day...we had a boat take us to a small motu (island) and drop us off for a few hours of the best snorkeling I've ever been a part of. Absolutely no one else was around. We could stand or just float in the water, and we observed thousands of the most beautifully striped/colored fish! Overall, our experience here over the [View Full Entry]

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Aurinkoinen paratiisi Ranskan Polynesia ei ole ollenkaan hullumpi paikka. Aurinkoa, merta ja santaa riittää, mutta täytyy myöntää, että viikko oli aivan riittävän pitkä aika tälle saarelle. En ole mitenkään erityisesti rantalomailutyyppiä, joten viimeisinä päivinä meinasi jo alkaa iskeä pieni puutumus. Asuin koko viikon leirintäalueen parakkibungalovissa. Sattui olemaan hiljainen kausi, joten sain koko huoneen itselleni :) Päivät vietin uiskennellen laguunissa ja rötväten rannalla, illat rupatellen niitä näitä muiden matkaajien kanssa. Varsin rentouttava kokemus. [View Full Entry]

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The thing about French Polynesia is that you have to plan and book well ahead and do your research thoroughly...apparently...so it's a bit of a shame that we didn't read this until we were in Tahiti. The islands were a stopover on the flight to south America and we hadn't really thought about what we'd do while we were there. We knew Tahiti would be expensive and had tried to budget accordingly but when basics like food and accommodation are heinously expensive there isn't always a lot you can do. There was no low cost accommodation or camping on Tahiti so [View Full Entry]

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Huahine Our next stop was Tahiti, and from there we caught a tiny plane to the beautiful island of Huahine. We were really lucky to find a slice of paradise called Motu Mahare (an even smaller island separated from Huahine by a few hundred metres of water in a truly amazing setting) which was made even better as we were the only guests. Our hosts, Kim and Walter were fantastic, lending us their kayaks, bicycles and snorkelling gear so that we could explore. It was lush, especially the crystal clear lagoons and colourful coral reefs. We spent a day cycling around [View Full Entry]

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