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Oceania » French Polynesia » Moorea January 24th 2006

We arrived in Papette airport to the sound of strumming guitars and singing, flowers in the hair for all the visitors, what a good way to start! A bit of cash machine trouble but after going through all of our cards we managed alright… The French Polynesian coins – French Polynesian Francs - are massive, they look a bit like pieces of eight, real pirate country, the notes are pretty special too. We took the boat in the rain to Moorea and then this American school bus around the island to our camping. It is all so tropical! Campsite right next to the sea – see photo! -. At the campsite there is about 5 small tents and about 10 bungalows, everyone is v nice, either traveller types exchanging stories or people from papette staying for ... read more

Romantic Moorea

Oceania » French Polynesia » Moorea January 20th 2006

Voyager in Cook's Bay

Alan and Donna

We sail from Papeete for Moorea this morning. The journey takes about two hours. When the Voyager sails into Cook’s Bay, I know we are in for a fantastic day. The ship anchors in the water, all around us is a view of dense, green vegetation rising to craggy mountain tops. And, the color of the water…it’s indescribable. Ah, now we’re truly in romantic Polynesia. Our tour today is the Lagoon Discovery with Snorkeling. We tender to shore where we find our snorkeling boat waiting for us. We motor out of Cook’s Bay and sail past Opunohu Bay, the background for Mutiny on the Bounty and South Pacific. Our boat motors farther along the lagoon until we stop at a spot to see the sting rays. We step down the ship’s ladder into the shallow water ... read more

First Log

Oceania » French Polynesia » Moorea December 4th 2005

Michaelandlesley

We Have Arrived in the South Pacific We have had a wonderful time in Tahiti and Moorea soaking up the sun and coping with the heat day and night. It was amazing to have night time temperatures the same as day time. We only cycled on Moorea really and went round it once over three days between hotels/cabins. We found a Club Med site totally closed off with a lovely beach next to one hotel we found and then we moved to the other side to one we had already booked for Michael's birthday. They were both comfortable hotels of small self contained cabins with a few rooms at the back. Anyway we made best use of the deserted beaches around the Club Med site and swam over to the island next to the coral reef ... read more

Tahiti - An Island paradise?

Oceania » French Polynesia » Moorea September 5th 2005

A local Stingray

Bex and Rich

We left New Zealand and headed for Tahiti with all the anticipation and excitement you could imagine. Even the anouncement on the plane before landing that it was raining did little to dampen our spirits (excuse the pun), and as soon as we got off the plane we felt that tropical temperature we had been longing for. We jumped into a taxi and arrived at our 'BUDGET´ accomodation (US$90), where we spent one night before heading off to Moorea on the ferry the next morning. On arrival we decided to hire a car for a few hours so we could check out all the accomodation options. After neither of my Credit Cards working through no fault of my own Becky came to the rescue and we drove off in our new car. It wasn't long before ... read more

French Polynesia

Oceania » French Polynesia » Moorea August 18th 2005

Paul Gaugin's grave site

Dobes

Here's some photo's from all over French Polynesia. enjoy... read more

Paradise!

Oceania » French Polynesia » Moorea July 25th 2005

Moorea

Oh the Places We Go

Day One: We began our trip to paradise when we arrived in Papeete, Tahiti, at 4:30 AM. We spent a long time waiting in lines to clear customs. While waiting, though, we saw a crab walking around the airport floor. How funny! From the airport in Tahiti, we had to take a 10 minute plane ride to the island of Moorea. I knew we were going to have a wonderful trip because as we were boarding the little propeller plane, we saw a huge rainbow in the sky! :) We arrived at our hotel, the Intercontinental Beachcomber, about 8 AM....however, our room would not be ready till 2 PM. They gave us some delicious fruit juice and a transit room, where we showered and felt human again. Then, we lounged in the lobby; I slept while ... read more

Blue Lagoon

Oceania » French Polynesia » Moorea May 30th 2005

Moorea

bluenazar

Having escaped the cold of New Zealand, I threw out my jackets and jumpers for the shorts and t-shirt on the island of Tahiti. Being fowarned that French Polynesia can be quite expensive, I was out to find a place to camp on these magnificent islands to avoid breaking the budget. Tahiti isnt really what you would imagine, Its urban sprawl along the coast brings loud trucks, pollution and noise and not really what I would expect from a tropical paradise. About a half hour cruise to neighbouring Moorea, is much more like it! Amazingly coloured lagoons, the mountains inspiring and also forboding add a feeling of enchantment to this tropical abode. The people are very laid back and relaxed but seemed to have lost any tribal heritage they once had. They traded in there ... read more

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