French Polynesia Travel Blogs

It's always been a dream destination of mine...to see Tahiti. Her beautiful Islands lived up to the gorgeous brochures we have all seen and drooled over. But, the sparkling jewel was defintely....Bora Bora. The beauty of this island took my breath away!

The lagoon at the Sheraton has a very nice coral reef.  I am glad I stayed at the Sheraton instead of a hotel closer to town.  I loved the fact that I could just roll out of bed and immediately get into the water with the fish.  The pictures I posted represent a small fraction of wha…

Papeete Nous sommes partis de Tikehau, sous un ciel bleu sans nuage et une chaleur torride, nous sommes arrivés à Papeete sous un ciel nuageux et un temps plutôt frais... Notre transport nous attendait à l'aéroport. (chapeau en passant à EasyTahiti.com, l'agence qui a faciliter notre voyage …

Frank (Frankyfurter) joined recently and had one of the nicest profile pics I’ve seen, but it needed just a touch of color change and back lighting to bring out Frank’s face.  The lighting change brought out the colors of the sunset and I refilled his bottle a little too! :D   I do…

We were up at 7:30 and I promptly watched the drain go down clockwise! Being an engineer, the fact that I hadn't done it the moment I walked in the room is an indication of how tired I was! (Hopefully, everyone knows it is NOT a myth that, left to their own devices,  drains rotate clockwise in…

Tahiti hold a special place in my life as it is where me and my girlfriend went on our "3rd" date. It was also our first cruise as a couple. We went back the for Christmas and New Year cruises on the Tahitian Princess. Tahiti is Very expensive. The best way is to take a Princess Cruise. As dinner…

Ok, so we are heading out on a CARGO SHIP to Bora Bora here in a few hours. We leave at 4 pm and arrive at 8 am. So, on a cargo ship.. where do you sleep.. On the deck of course because ONLY the cargo goes FIRST CLASS.. We are more like the parasite that is attached to the cargo. We need the cargo …

    MooreaApril-03-04 This must be the shortest flight in the world. Between take off and landing at Moorea takes just 7 minutes. There's no room for an in fligth attendant since we flew with a twin otter who operates 40 times daily between Tahiti and Moorea or vice-versa.Our first imp…

Our plane was to leave Tahiti for Auckland at 7:50am, so I set the alarm for 5am.  I used my travel alarm, my watch alarm, the hotel radio alarm and the wake up call system -- just to be sure that we did not oversleep.  Neither the hotel alarm or the hotel wake up call system worked,…

Random photos from my travels.

Heute morgen hat mich, eigentlich viel zu früh, die vor meinem Fenster aufgehende Sonne geweckt. Bis zum Frühstück war noch ausreichend Zeit, angesichts der Osterfeiertage zuhause wollte ich das Satellitentelefon zwecks österlicher Kommunikation verwenden - abgesehen davon daß es ein nicht gan…

A minibreak in Easter Island, the most remote place on earth ... with a stopover in Tahiti, possibly the most idyllic place on earth!

cruised from ensanada to auckland via hawaii and french polynesia with celebrity 11/07.can recommend as long as you enjoy days at sea as well as island hopping.

a map and some photos of my slightly unplanned trip around the world. The map outlines the general route I took, not counting the backtracking and double visits. Currently I am scanning some photos of this trip, but be patient, there are a lot of them! Argentina - Chile - Easter Island - French Polynesia - New Zealand - Australia - Bali - Hong Kong - Macau - Singapore

Spent week on the island of Moorea in 2004. My sister works for the company that owns the hotel so it was a great luxury trip that I never could have afforded otherwise. Lot of lounging by the pool and in our overwater bungalow, not usually my style but I got used to it very quickly ; )