With extended stay visas in hand, we get to explore French Polynesia until it's safe to sail on to Oahu (after Hawaii's hurricane season). Itinerary is very fluid; we'll spend most of our time in the Society Island group, then retrace our route through the Tuamotu and back to the Marquesas--now our point of departure rather than our point of arrival.
We're excited about visiting places we had to bypass in 2015. That said, from the blog's--and therefore your--point of view, much will look the same. We don't want to repeat ourselves, and we think that at least in the well-travelled Societies we'll have internet access more frequently than we did in other island nations. Hence a format change: we'll try uploading fewer photos more often (with explanatory text rarely needed).
So: here are postcards from our first stop, Tahiti!
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| Mape trees at the Botanical Gardens |
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| The largest tiki in Polynesia outside of Easter Island, moved to the Gauguin Museum from Raivavae (the museum is permanently closed, but we..ahem..found a way in) |
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| Museum of Tahiti and Her Islands |
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| Roulottes (food trucks), downtown Papeete |
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| Autonomy Day Parade (red-and-white flowered patterns are ubuquitous in Tahiti) |
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| An open rehearsal for Heiva i Tahiti (their musicians are pictured above) |
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