Another glorious Tahitian sunset

Groundhog Day in Tahiti

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March 12th 2008
After we left NZ we wanted to chill on a good beach in the Pacific for a few days and as the flight to Easter Island (our next stop) goes via Tahiti it made sense to stop there....and we were not going to argue. We arrived to Polynesian music and flower garlands but as it is a French island they had an EU channel believe it or not so we didn´t even get a stamp in our passport!!! How disappointi ... read more

Oceania » French Polynesia » Tahiti

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The French annexed various Polynesian island groups during the 19th century. In September 1995, France stirred up widespread protests by resuming nuclear testing on the Mururoa atoll after a three-year moratorium. The tests were suspended in January ... ... read more