Category Archives: Holidays

Polynesia- Day 9

Today is our last half day on board Early start as usual. 6:30 and everyone is on deck fighting for coffee or tea. The sea is calm and the sun is up

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Polynesia – Day 5

Leaving Moorea with regret Looking forward to Huahine It is a 20 minutes drive to the aérodrome. Rental car is returned. We are quite early and the first ones to check in. Boarding Quite a short flight On approach Landed … Continue reading

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Polynesia – Day 3

Later this afternoon we intend to catch the ferry and move across to Moorea. Hopefully I can find a WiFi connection to update my posts. We have a few hours to kill so we decide to go for a drive. … Continue reading

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French Polynesia

All posts are drafts to be completed when home 🛩️ The journey – Getting there 🐠 Day 1 – March 17th – Tahiti 🐠 Day 2 – March 18th – Tahiti 🐠 Day 3 – March 19th – Tahiti & … Continue reading

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Polynesia – Day 2

To make my friend Sem jealous, I brought my collection of exotic shirts. The island of Moorea , where we are moving to tomorrow, is in the background. Today we stayed in Papeete Bed time. Not too late.

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Polynesia – Day 1

Landed in Papeete extremely early and earlier than scheduled at 5:30 am. By the time we are through immigration and collect the rented car (quite a small one for 4 adult passengers and 2 pieces of luggage each) an hour … Continue reading

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The journey

Air France flight 076 from Paris (CDG) to Papeete (FAA) via Los Angeles (LAX) We are lucky enough to fly Business Class Excellent service, friendly crew. On the leg Paris to Los Angeles , the captain calculated that we used … Continue reading

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Catamaran

I have just received more details from the charter company in Polynesia. This is where we have to pick-up our Catamaran. In the meantime we have to send them our shopping list for food and drinks so that everything awaits … Continue reading

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A few days away

We were invited to a party in Six Fours les Plages in the Var departement and decided to take a few days off from the daily routine. Day 1 The destination Marseille which is only a 3 hours drive away. … Continue reading

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Côte d’Azur

Took a few days off to go to Cavalaire sur Mer which is like a second home to me. The place has changed a lot over the years and I guess I was there for the first time in the … Continue reading

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