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Oceania » French Polynesia October 9th 2006

A regeneration holiday With 39 degrees on the thermometer and two bottles of penicillin in our bag we left the red continent - tonsilitis as a farewell present: thank you very much. For the first time on our 19-months long trip we hopped onto a plane for a longer flight. It offered good service, decent airplane-food and as compensation for the uninevitable (but small) jetlag an extra day for rehabilitation. Three movies later and one evening earlier we arrived in Papeete, capital of French Polynesia and definitely one of the more exclusive places on earth. We spent 15 US dollars for a five-minutes ride in a hotelbus and another 60 for a decent, but little double room - one of the cheapest in town. Bienvenue a Tahiti. The next morning we crossed over to Moorea, the ... read more
Afternoon in the hammock
And that's because of the prices
Evening in the hammock

Oceania » French Polynesia October 2nd 2006

We have spend 6 days and nights in pacific paradise on the beautiful island of Moorea in French Polynesia. Its got it all white beaches, turquoise lagoons and crazy tropical animals and fruit. It’s a slice of French Chic mixed with Polynesian culture on tropical islands in the middle of the south pacific. We had an Aito room five meters from the lagoon with great swimming and snorkeling. We went on massive walk around part of the island which was about 11 miles long although we saw cooks bay and loads of mountain and tropical scenery we didn’t intend on walking so far but the bus did not turn up. As we in flip flops we could not walk for the rest of the week. We had one night in Papeete the FP capital on Tahiti ... read more
Motu
cooks bay
rainbow

Oceania » French Polynesia » Tahiti September 17th 2006

After another 8.5 hours on a plane, we arrived in Tahiti at 5am and was picked up by our friendly hotel owner, Steve. Tahiti is incredibly beautiful and the scenery is breathaking. However, we were not quite prepared for the spectacular prices here and how much french we had forgotten since school! We ate a lot of baguettes and cheese and spent our first 3 days on Tahiti mainly snorkelling and swimming in the lagoon and reading books (yes, Rich does read). One day we hired a car and drove around the entire island which took about 4 hours. We went to Teahupoo (where the Billabong Pro Surf Tour is held every year) and watched 2 blokes get barrelled in probably the most powerful wave in the world. Rich was going to have a go but ... read more
Teahupoo
I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts!!!
Where's Bungle?

Oceania » French Polynesia » Tahiti September 9th 2006

Time for a surf Story!!!! I arrived in Tahiti early in the morning. Kendal was to arrive later that night. I had a day to kills so with swell forecast for rather large surf at what is considered to be one of the worlds most dangerous waves, and with my new acquaintances in tow, a couple from South Australia, that was exactly where we headed. I hired a little open top 4WD headed to the wave at the end of the Road: The notorious wave of Teahupoo. With my little reef experience this was an interesting proposition. After a number of surf checks along the way we discovered that the swell wasn't quite so large. But none the less we waxed up and paddled the 30 minute mission out to the wave. There were quite a ... read more
4wd and South OZ Couple
1st Surf Check
1st Surf Check 2

Oceania » French Polynesia » Moorea July 30th 2006

Well, it's my last night on Moorea, back to Tahiti proper tomorrow for one night before getting my plane out to Auckland. As I'll be crossing the international date line on this flight, I'll be losing an entire day of my life (and trip). Not happy about that, let me tell you. Can't remember if I said already, but coming to the French speaking part of Polynesia has made me realise just how much I must've come to rely on my dubious Spanish skills. I really can't remember any French I learnt iin 5 years at school, barely even how to say "Do you speak English?". Shocking. It's been nice here, having a holiday from travelling if you like, as unless you have wads of cash flowing out of every pocket (surprisingly easy here as the ... read more
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Oceania » French Polynesia July 9th 2006

Arriving to some guitars playing in the airport and a group of tribal dancers, Tahiti was looking promising, especially as it is their festival months.....and at 26 degrees at 5 in the morning we were hoping to see a bit of sun. We stayed in papette which was a bit of a dump and a little bit dodgey at night time...but we got the boat to the closest island, Morrea both days which was like a paradise island. The only down side was the rain!!... read more
Snack-time
rain in paradise
time for a snooze

Oceania » French Polynesia » Moorea May 26th 2006

Har delt billederne lidt op herfra...:) De her er "haj" billederne :) VILDT!... read more
Diving with sharks - A LOT of sharks!!!
Diving with sharks - A LOT of sharks!!!
Diving with sharks - A LOT of sharks!!!

Oceania » French Polynesia May 4th 2006

We were among good company judging from the feedback from other travellers we spoke to who thought it would be a great idea to stop in Tahiti for a beach holiday on the way from NZ to South America to discover three alarming things. Firstly, the cost of staying there (no income tax so major charges levied towards the influx of tourists), secondly that Tahiti itself is perhaps not your most idyllic spot and thirdy, many of the Motus (islands) aren´t really covered in beaches. So we reduced our stay by a few days and after some searching we found a lovely island next to Tahiti and what looked to be some great accommodation. What´s more, as the flight from NZ crossed the international dateline we got a free day´s holiday in paradise. Hoorah! We´d booked ... read more
Just Run Through a Hedge Backwards
Lagoonarium
Sunset on Moorea




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