Tag Archive - french polynesia

Crab on the highway

15 May 2007 by , No Comments
Crab on the highway

My good times crashed down to earth a bit with a difficult day yesterday. So I am dedicating this morning to some of the strange things I have seen while here in French Polynesia. Picnic in the ocean Imagine you’re at the beach and you spy some locals gathered around a picnic table complete with [...]

Sunrise with my feet wet

14 May 2007 by , 2 Comments
Sunrise with my feet wet

I’ve decided that while I am here I am going to try and switch my sleeping and waking habits; I’m going to go to bed by 10pm and wake up at 6am. I want to catch the first rays of sun everyday that I am here so it seems like the opportune time to change [...]

Est-il difficile de comprendre mon accent ?

13 May 2007 by , No Comments
Est-il difficile de comprendre mon accent ?

The flight from Papeete to Moorea was perhaps seven minutes. We boarded a twenty-seater and took off directly at an island looming large with sharp peaks surrounded by wisps of cloud. From a distance it might as well have been Jurassic Park. I met my English speaking French guide and drove to where I was [...]

Air Tahiti and Native Dancing

12 May 2007 by , No Comments
Air Tahiti and Native Dancing

I’m here at the Sheraton in Papeete, Tahiti; having travelled one of the best serviced airlines I’ve ever experienced (Air Tahiti). My feet are up, I’m sipping a rum and coke, listening to live music and watching live dancing, the ocean is right there and the thick warm is air all around me. This is [...]