Moorea is the adjacent island to Tahiti and ferry is the easiest way to get there. The websites confusing - after the travel debacle we became a little more aggressive and just got in a ferry line with the car not knowing if correct ferry and without a ticket. The girls ran up and bought... Continue Reading →

Lived up to the hype - starts with landing (and knowing which side of the plane to sit on) and ferry into the port town of Vaitape. It is like walking into a 4K HDTV. Bora Bora was created by a collapsed volcano which receded into the ocean but left a ring of very small... Continue Reading →

French Polynesia is a series of 120 islands in the south Pacific covering an area the size of Europe – one reason it is so hard to get there – the south Pacific is really big. Tahiti is one of the largest islands with the largest city in Papeete that has the main international air... Continue Reading →

I had an earlier stopover in Tahiti planned which I had to rearrange and we thought that it would be good to have one “South Pacific” visit while on this side of the world. So it came together that we would meet Alexandra and Annelise in Tahiti (United flies direct from West Coast) over Thanksgiving... Continue Reading →