French Polynesia travel stories
Part 7: PITCAIRN ISLAND Mutiny on the Bounty It’s full steam ahead aboard Aranui 5 to the raison d’etre of this far-flung voyage through French Polynesia’s remotest isles and atolls as we near way off the beaten track Pitcairn. The legacy of and lore surrounding this...
Part 6: THE GAMBIER: MANGAREVA Remembering Rikitea After visiting flat atolls of the Tuamotus and then a day out at sea, the appearance on the horizon of the Gambier group, with its high islands, emerges as a sharp vertical contract to the previous days’ horizontal...
Part 5: THE TUAMOTUS: AMANU Amanu Atoll, South Seas Serenity Our voyage to Pitcairn Island continues as Aranui 5 sets sail from Anaa for Amanu, another one of the far-flung 80 atolls spread out across the world’s largest archipelago, the Tuamotus, a vast expanse of...
Part 4: THE TUAMOTUS: ANAA For Whom the Atoll Tolls Our voyage to Pitcairn Island commences as Aranui 5 shoves off from Papeete harbor and glides past magnificent Moorea. This is actually the fourth incarnation of the Compagnie Polynesienne de Transport Maritime’s...
Part 3: TAHITI Paradise Lost – and Found At San Francisco Airport I enjoy a filling lunch at the comfy United Club lounge. Relaxed, I then board a United Airlines nonstop direct flight for my 15th visit to Tahiti since the 1970s. I luckily have an entire aisle to...
Part 2: THE ROCK The Big Lockup After Ranger Benny’s presentation about Alcatraz’s political prisoners, I climb uphill (trams are available) past cannons, barb wire and beneath a water tower to the main facility where audio equipment for “Doing Time: The Alcatraz...
Part 1: THE ROCK Islands as Refuges, Prisons Separated by water from continents, islands have always represented freedom to me. When I graduated from Hunter College as a film major in the 1970s, I realized the Age of Aquarius was experiencing technical difficulties in...
Tahiti targets Australian market Air Tahiti Nui is giving Australians a chance to escape the winter cold. Tahiti Travel Connection and Tahiti Tourisme are offering new packages to French Polynesia. The "Seconds to the Sand" promotion includes return Economy Class...
Here is a nice travel deal for those who want to cry at current flight and fuel charges for trips south of the Equator. -Editor ITKT- LOS ANGELES, CA, June 2, 2008 "“ An attractive option for sticker-shocked travelers, Air Tahiti Nui has teamed up with online...
AIR TAHITI NUI ANNOUNCES "QUICK TAHITI GETAWAYS" FROM NEW YORK AND LOS ANGELES FOR JUST $788 ROUNDTRIP Six-Day Quick Escape Packages From New York Start at $1,399; Four-Day Packages From Los Angeles Start at $999 Air Tahiti Nui has an instant cure to the...
Devin visits with Carman of Tahiti Tourism to learn a little about the most beautiful lagoon on Earth and, as always, food. Tahiti is known for its diving, natural beauty. and French history. A part of a growing series helping travelers get to know destinations better...
