Just 30 minutes on the car ferry from Papeete, is the tiny island of Moorea surrounded by a perfect lagoon bejewelled in bright corals and cheeky fish. The island is a treasure trove of fantastic things to do, see and taste…
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6 cool things to do on Moorea, Tahiti
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Party time Tahiti style
Imagine this: A Tahitian dance troupe in full cry; brilliantly garlanded girls with long dark hair, hips moving so fast they can’t possibly be attached to their waists, amazing voices, headdresses and skirts shimmying to the rhythm. Accompanying them are fit and muscly men, legs and arms moving almost acrobatically to the machine-gun drumming. Phew, [...]
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Escape to Tahiti’s Fakarava – with a convict!
It’s not every day you get escorted across an idyllic Tahitian lagoon by a criminal. Especially one that has snuck back onto the island after being expelled. Everyone is related to someone over here on the atoll of Fakarava. I’m on a small motor boat heading across the 65km long, rectangular lagoon to a teeny, [...]
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Two perfect days in Tahiti
Forget diving, snorkelling, visiting pearl farms and swimming with dolphins – sometimes you just have to go tropo… The glow of tiny lights appeared out of the night sky not five hours after we left Auckland. Tahiti and her 117 other islands are about to welcome me, this time, for my honeymoon. A three-night/two-day stopover [...]
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What to expect in Air Tahiti Nui’s business class
If you’re lucky enough to turn left at the galley on Air Tahiti Nui, this is what you can expect… Business class (or poerava class) has four rows of six seats in a two-by-two configuration. They are not lie-flat seats but recline so far back that the person behind you in the window seat will [...]
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Girls’ week in Tahiti!
If you and your girlfriends are planning to ditch the boys and babies for a week, I say head to Tahiti. With a few insider tips you can be living it up without it costing a fortune (or your marriage). Here are some ideas of how to spend a week in gorgeous Tahiti: Days 1, [...]
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Couples Retreat on Bora Bora
Bora Bora was designed by God for couples. Alas I was there on my own like a jilted bride. After the staring had died down, I loved this idyllic and perfect island in Tahiti…
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Want an authentic Tahitian tattoo?
If you’re an ink fan then you’ll LOVE the real deal – a tattoo by one of Tahiti’s last remaining traditional tattooists, James Samuela at Moorea Tattoo. Head out to Moorea (20km from Papeete and about NZ$45 round trip on the ferry) to Haapiti on the west side of the island where you’ll find James [...]
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Tahiti’s roulottes for fresh, cheap and quick food
Getting around Papeete is fun if you take Le Truck. This bus (which is literally a truck with 2 bench seats down each side) costs about 200 CFP each way into town (about $2.70) and they run all night. The whole family is usually sitting in the cab – dad driving and mum and a [...]
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Tahiti on the Cheap: gooey cheese and red wine
As part of my Tahiti on the Cheap story I’m writing for the NZ Herald, I whizzed around the local supermarket in Papeete to compare prices. And I say baloney to all those people who say Tahiti’s soooo expensive! I mean if you’re not going to venture out of your resort and just consume cocktails [...]
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