Post #21457 by fatuhiva on Fri, Jan 31, 2003 1:06 AM

ok here is the breakdown:

flew from AZ to LA (late)
RAN to TahitiNui flight to Papeete, Tahiti (miss it and you're out of luck)

Got in at night in Papeete, Stayed in the Beachcomber Parkroyal (now Beachcomber Intercontinental) (best hotel on tahiti for those looking for upscale) there are others, but this one was the best i saw at least.

3 days in Tahiti
3 days on Moorea (also beachcomber parkroyal there, although there are some other nice upscale ones there: The new Sheraton & The Sofitel seemed like the nicest ones..

Back to Tahiti, get on Radission ship "paul gaugin"

7 days on there- went to Moorea, Tahaa, Bora Bora, Raiatea

back to Tahiti
back home

Expensive: yes
Worth it?: yes

Tahiti and the Society Islands are more than breathtaking. I just hope they remain a relatively obscure destination so that the Waikiki effect doesn't happen. French Polynesia is a very special place and I hope it stays that way for a very long time..

sometimes when I think of how the French treated these islands vs how the US treated the Hawaiian Islands, it makes me shudder. But then again, the French were blowing some of them up with nuclear bombs, so go figure

[ Edited by: fatuhiva on 2003-01-31 01:08 ]