Blogs from French Polynesia, Oceania - page 22

f I said Pape'ete (pronounced Pap-ay-et-ay), most people would say 'where??' If I said Tahiti, the penny drops immediately and many folk think of David Essex in Mutiny on the Bounty and grass skirts. Ok, the women will think of David Essex whilst the men will consider thinking about the grass skirts!! Tahiti is actually made up from 2 islands Tahiti nui (Big Tahiti) and Tahiti iti (Little Tahiti) and were joined together a couple of million years ago by some geological shenanigans!. Tahiti makes up more than 1 quarter of the surface area of French Polynesia and two-thirds of the population. OK, enough of the geography lesson. Today it was another hot one hitting 90ºF at the hottest part of the day. Chris, (not from Chris and Roisin but another guest at the dinner table), ... read more

Tahiti and her Islands Almost everyone I meet has Tahiti and her islands on their bucket list and it is no wonder once you take in the incredible scenary unmatched virtually anywhere in the World. Our visit - July 1999 - Honeymoon Trip First Stop: Moorea Accomodation: Overwater bungalow First Impression: arrived at night very tired and pretty much out of it Second Impression: Woke up and was transformed straight into the set of South Pacific only more beautiful than one thinks they deserve to be experiencing. Our first stop was this terrific island right across from and visible from Tahiti. Be forewarned, Tahiti received the same number of visitors in a year Hawaii welcomes in a day at the time of our visit. Needless to say I had conjured up in my mind this trip ... read more

Current Conditions: Wind ENE 15 knots Swell 2m and building running at about 230 deg mag C.O.G 220 deg mag S.O.G 6 knots Cloud cover intensifying Sail Set: main in 2nd reef and eased, full headsail on whisker pole, gullwinging. Hi guys, just finished our first 24 hours out of Nuka Hiva. We left the anchorage about 8.00am yesterday morning after a nice early trip to the bakery and markets to get some beautiful fresh bread and some fruit. Another aussie boat called Moreah headed off about half an our before us with a similar course in mind. We started with our main into a second reef due to the damage in the rigging and a full headsail and we basically broad to beam reached for most of the morning and not long after lunch we ... read more

June 11 2010 Crossing the Pacific Ocean Hi everyone, as you can imagine, it has been a bit hard for us to post our 'normal' blog as we crossed the Pacific from Panama to the Marquesas in French Polynesia. We sailed 3100 miles from San Christobel in the Galapagos Islands to Nuka Hiva in French Polynesia. As we sailed along, we posted our positions via our satellite phone and a diary entry for what had been/ what was happening for that time. Unfortunately we were not able to post any photos but at least people could see our positions and see that we were ok. I didnt have a chance to post the link to this site on this blog site before we left so I apologise for all those that didnt have a clue where ... read more

Geo: -17.52, -149.56Jim and I had a fabulous time on Raimiti. It is definitely not a place everyone would like, but we thoroughly enjoyed it. It is unspoilt paradise. Eric and his staff were great and the food was amazing. We snorkelled a ton and now are so spoilt by everything we saw. It was very thrilling to be swimming along side sharks, octopus, etc. We really had an amazzing time. We spend our last night in French Polynesia in Tahiti. We have really enjoyed our time in French Polynesia and hope to come back someday. ... read more