Monthly Archives: April 2025

🇬🇧 Of sharks, cheese and ghost hotels Last night, we dined in style—or at least in darkness—at the illustrious Cook’s Bay Hotel, which is a mere 20-minute drive away if you enjoy hairpin turns in pitch blackness with the occasional … Continue reading →

🇬🇧 Sharks, punch and the eternal battle with jet lag 🪸 I have made a stunning discovery: I love sleeping under a “moustiquaire.” Not just because it saves me from becoming a human buffet for mosquitoes (which, believe me, is … Continue reading →

DRAFT 🇬🇧 Singing in the rain (and the jacuzzi) They say when it rains, it pours. In Moorea, it auditions for Broadway. I woke up at the ungodly hour of 3 a.m., courtesy of either jet lag or the Polynesian … Continue reading →

🇬🇧 Moorea – Day 1 or Wet, wild and wonderfully lost or Surviving Moorea: One rainstorm at a time 🐠 Ah, Moorea – the tropical paradise where dreams come true… and where four ferries apparently try to race each other … Continue reading →

🇬🇧 DRAFT Welcome to LAX: Where dreams come true (and you’re yelled at immediately) We touched down at LAX exactly as planned — straight into the arms of America’s most welcoming tradition: being shouted at. Nothing says “Welcome to the … Continue reading →

🇬🇧 Getting there – Part 2 Pit stop with extra Andouilelette Ah, “transit.” That magical state of being where you’re neither here nor there, but you are legally allowed to spend 24 hours eating and drinking your way through one … Continue reading →

🇬🇧 Getting there – Part 1 The 47-hour tango begins At long last, the day has come. The day we’ve been counting down to ever since we casually decided “hey, let’s go to Polynesia” last year — and then promptly … Continue reading →

🇬🇧 Of Quantum confusion, bum shots and flying sand Let’s rewind the highlight reel of Week 17, 2025—a week that began with high-minded physics and ended with flying sand, plant hydration experiments, and an Easter lunch fit for medieval nobility. … Continue reading →