It’s time to explore two of the Tuamotu Islands in the South Pacific – Rangiroa and Fakarava. If you choose to visit one of these islands or others in the Tuamotu Archipelago, chances are you will find some places all to yourself. The largest, Rangiroa, has less than 3,000 residents. To your delight, marine life […]
As part two of three in a series of French Polynesian islands, this post highlights more of the Society Island archipelago. Located in the South Pacific Ocean, the Society Islands consist of 14 islands stretching in a relatively straight line, much like the Hawaiian Islands. In the last post, we viewed Tahiti Island, the capital […]
I took these photographs of Tahiti on my first ever cruise ship trip. Because I home-ported in Hawaii, I figured I should take a ship somewhere close, so I took the Paul Gauguin through the Society Islands and Tuamotus. I flew from Honolulu to Papeete, stayed a few days, played some golf, then boarded my […]