Travels with Don & Mary |
Tahiti trip on The Paul Gaugin NOVEMBER 14-24 2013 |
Tahitian sailors sailed to Hawaii 2500 miles in open canoes over 1000 years ago. They were following migratory birds & didn’t realize the birds were heading another 3000 miles North. |
To fly Air Tahiti, we had to drive to LAX and park the car for 10 days. |
You have to use the stairs at Fa’a’a airport in Papeete. |
The 8 hour flight crosses the equator. French Polynesia is south of Hawaii and nearly equidistant from the Equator.. |
Our 10-day itinerary will take us through the Society Islands and the Tuamotu atolls. |
It takes hours to get through Tahiti customs. |