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O Taiti foi uma parada maravilhosa na nossa viagem ao redor do mundo em 2018/2019, entre a Ilha de Páscoa, no Chile, e a Nova Zelândia.  Passamos nossos dias no Taiti no belíssimo InterContinental Resort Tahiti, em Papeete.   Vale muito a pena fazer dois passeios: um que percorre toda a ilha e outro que leva ao interior dela. Fizemos ambos os passeios.  O Tahiti, a maior ilha da Polinésia…

Port of Papeete on Tahiti

Thursday 27th February 2025 – Tahiti (Day 2)

Last night’s dinner in the hotel, being a Wednesday, included a Polynesian floor-show, somewhat akin to the one we saw on the ship in Bora Bora only louder! I must confess though, that when those drums really got going, it was definitely a case of “Stand by for action! We are about to launch Stingray!” (that’s a Gerry Anderson ‘in-joke’ by the way!)

As for the food, I think the Mosquitos or whatever flies here enjoyed me more than I did the Polynesian buffet – but there was lots to choose from, including 101 ways to cook breadfruit!

Today, we took a 3-hour private taxi tour of a few of the sights on the north-east coast.

First stop was the Fa’aruma’i Falls where, because of previous heavy rains, only Vaimahuta Waterfall was accessible.

However, at some 80m, it’s highest of three at this site and it’s a beautiful and romantic spot. The ancient mythology associated with these falls is a sad story, which our lovely guide Nicholas told to us, but once here, you could really feel a special earth-energy at work!

Next stop was at Venus Point, so called because it was where Captain Cook came to observe the transit of Venus in 1769. A lighthouse was later erected here by the French to commemorate it.

English missionaries also landed and settled here in 1797 and there’s a small monument to them.

As well as some popular black sand beaches, there’s also a monument to the notorious Captain Bligh who arrived in 1788 to collect breadfruit plants as a cheap food-source for the slave plantations in the Caribbean. But the terrible conditions in which the crew had to work ultimately led to the Mutiny; and the rest is history! Watch ‘Mutiny on the Bounty’!

There is no coral reef protecting the coast on this side of the island which is exposed to the prevailing trade winds and a number of bays are popular for surfing.

Our last stop was at the Tahara’a Belvedere, a gorgeous viewpoint overlooking Lafayette Bay and the city of Pape’ete.

Our guide, Nicholas, was knowledgeable and really nice; the temperature, compared to yesterday in the upper 90s, was about 80 today, and with lower humidity too, it was much more bearable. In fact, we had a lovely time and came back to our rather plush hotel for a light lunch overlooking its own private lagoon. It’s a hard life being an international tourist!

Our ‘light lunch’ turned out to be the Gourmet Charcuterie sharing platter; they never said is could have fed a small army! We needed a nap after that…..

Wednesday 26th February - InterContinental Resort, Tahiti

At last Jacques and Aloysius have been able to take off their life-jackets and watch a Tahitian sunset in the making.

As the sun set over the island of Moorea, we prepared for a late dinner and Polynesian Floorshow!

Wednesday 26th February 2025 – Pape’ete, Tahiti.

No, it’s not the latest from Amazon Studios but it was in Tahiti that, in 1789, some of the mutineers from Captain Bligh’s HMS Bounty settled; others went on to Pitcairn Island of course.

But the story of Captain Bligh and Fletcher Christian made famous on film in 1935 by Charles Laughton and Clark Gable and again by Trevor Howard and Marlon Brando in 1962, was true; it all happened and it was actually with the mercenary assistance of those mutineers in Tahiti that the ambitious local chief Tu increased his supremacy over the other clans, naming himself King in 1790 and founding the ‘Pomare Dynasty’ that dominated Tahiti for nearly 100 years.

However, the French also had missions in Tahiti and in 1838 they managed to leverage their influence, forcing the then Queen Pomare to abdicate and making Tahiti at first a French Protectorate in 1842, then formally annexing it in 1880 and later making it an overseas territory in 1946.

Controversially, in the period 1966-1996, the French conducted 193 nuclear bomb tests above and below Mururoa and Fangataufa Atolls (about 780 miles away)

During a test in 1974, the fallout reached Tahiti, subjecting over 100,000 people to more than 500 times the maximum exposure to Plutonium.

On a lighter note, you might recall that these tests are referred to in the monster movie ‘Godzilla’. I trust there aren’t any monsters here in Tahiti, which is where we are today.

Sadly, this is where our voyage aboard Seven Seas Voyager ended today, in the Capital of the largest island in French Polynesia.

As per schedule, Seven Seas Voyager was alongside by 6am and disembarkation began soon after. As we had ‘independent arrangements’ however, we were among the last to leave.

Nevertheless, it was still only 9.15am when we arrived at out hotel for two nights, the InterContinental Resort & Spa and we had to kick our heals for a while in the sea-front gardens until our room was made available.

Mind you, with this view of the neighbouring island of Moorea, there are far worse places we could be asked to kick our heals!

Even so, with the assistance of the very nice young man on Reception, we had our room in a couple of hours.

With the temperature rising into the upper 90s in the shade, we spent most of the rest of the day alternating between wilting and chilling – not sure which one Andrew’s Chocolate Pecan Brownie was but anyway….