Blogs from French Polynesia, Oceania - page 11

Geo: -17.52, -149.56Our first day in paradise 16 degrees south of the equator and 28 degrees celcius and we have gained a day by crossing the international date line during our flight last night. An early start this morning rising at 6.00am as we opened our curtains to an amazing view of the pool and the ocean (very tropical). We headed down to breakfast but were very disappointed with the food, the eggs tasted like powder and the sausages were like bullets but the fruit was nice.On waiting for our transfer to the airport the sun started to appear and it was as humid as hell. We checked our bags at the domestic terminal and asked what gate we had to head too. The attendant looked at us with a strange glare and just said "go ... read more

Moorea: Once you explore Moorea you’ll see why even its shape reflects this islands nature. Sheer perfection, it is fromed like an isosceles triangle, with two mountainous sides joining at Mt. Tohivea. The other side is cut by tow bays, Cook and Opunchu, each of which is a little over half in a mile in width. From the air it appears as a beautiful green butterfly floating over a tranquil blue seas. It is no wonder that parts of the movie South Pacific featuring Bali High were filmed here. The weather today was hot, hot, hot, 37 degrees with very high humidity, we made no plans but on going ashore decided to team up with another four passengers and do a two hour tour of the island. We were so glad we did the scenery was ... read more

Au dessus du Paradis : Faka sud, du Mardi 17 au Dimanche 22 juin 2014. La Polynésie c’est pas l’Asie… Mardi 17 juin, 8h30, ça y est, après dix heures de négo tu as enfin trouvé un bateau qui t’emmène dans le Sud pour un aller simple. En fait si tu veux pas faire de sortie à la journée, ou si tu loges pas au sud dans les pensions clodo en indo qui ont leur bateau, ben ils ne t’aiment pas trop les locaux, et ils préfèrent ne pas te prendre … Ca donne des dialogues de sourds du genre : - Salut, tu aurais de la place pour aller dans le sud demain ? (1h30 de bateau genre petit bateau de plongée en alu). - oui, bien sur et le prix c’est pas cher, c’est ... read more

Sur l’eau, dans l’eau…14-16 juin 2014 Sur l’eau : Ca se confirme, je suis un marin d’eau douce…euh en fait, pour être tout à fait honnête, marin de rien du tout serait plus approprié. Première plongée de réadaptation jeudi 11 juin, on sort de la marina sur un bateau alu à coque plate (détail qui a de l’importance) pour 2 plongées, mais je ne ferai que la deuxième car la première est dérivante et s’annonce très sportive d’après le club (en gros ça veut dire que tu te laisses porter par le courant et que tu peux aller très très vite). A priori, tu vois pas trop pourquoi, le lagon est super calme, il n’y a pas de vent, ça semble plutôt cool ; oui, bien sur, tu sais qu’il y a les histoires de courant, ... read more

This. Place. Is. AMAZING! When we hopped on the ferry boat to head here from Tahiti, we didn't know just how beautiful the island we were approaching would be. There she was, out of the water and clouds like heaven on Earth. Spiking her green and magnificent mountain tops into the air, piercing through a perfect halo of white fluffy clouds, floating there like a dream in the bluest water I've ever seen. So blue, it made you think the colors in the Crayola box crayons were dull and boring. This is like the story books tell us as children, dreaming of far away and exotic lands. When we arrived, we had arranged a stay at the Polynesian (Tiahura) Dream Lodge, a private bungalow home on the lagoon on the West side of the island. Unfortunately, ... read more