by kleon | Oct 31, 2020 | 2020, 2021, Travel Well, Traveling around the world, Traveling stories, Uncategorized, We are all in this together, We can do this!, We will make it!, We will travel again!, What we do now is for our tomorrow!
For long time readers of this blog, most know that I sailed a 44 foot sailboat “Rhiannon” around the world. Every now and then I include a story from those sailing days. This story has relevance to the time we find ourselves in. Wear Your...
by kleon | Sep 4, 2020 | 2020, 2021, 2021 Aranui Cruises, 2021 Aranui Sailings, 2021 Bookings, Adventure in Paradise, Advisory, Air, Air France, Air Tahiti, Air Tahiti Nui, Airlines, Best Over Water Bungalows, COVID-19 UPDATE, Cruise Ship French Polynesia, Cruise the South Pacific!, Cultural, Diving, Enjoy life, Family, Fatu Hiva, French Polynesia, FrenchBee, General, Green Flash from your Over Water Bungalow, Health and traveling, Hiva Oa, Hotel Kia Ora, Huahine, lagoon, Maupiti, Moorea, Nuku Hiva, Over Water Bungalows, Polynesian, Protect the Reef, Rangiroa, Rash Guards, Ready for 2020!, Reef Safe Sunscreen, Swimming with whales made easy!, Taha'a, Tahiti, Tahuata, Tetiaroa, Tifaifai, Tikehau, Travel During COVID-19, Travel Planning Now!, Travel Well, Ua Huka, Ua Pou, United, We are all in this together, We can do this!, We will make it!, We will travel again!, Whales, What we do now is for our tomorrow!
We are still here! Been quiet on the Blog and Newsletter scene! I am back now, with the news that there is only one country or island group in the South Pacific that is open to travel: French Polynesia or otherwise known as Tahiti. Tahiti has been open to tourists...
by kleon | Aug 6, 2020 | 2020, 2021, COVID-19 UPDATE, Health and traveling
Everything regarding our lives are fluid at the moment with COVID-19 and how we deal with it. The government of French Polynesia has changed the type of tests required for entry. Everything else has remained in place except that from August 8, 2020, boarding a flight...
by kleon | Jun 19, 2020 | 2020, 2021, Advisory, Air France, Air Tahiti, Air Tahiti Nui, Aranui 5, COVID-19 UPDATE, French Polynesia, FrenchBee, Health and traveling, Huahine, Marquesas Islands, Maupiti, Moorea, Nuku Hiva, Original Peoples, Over Water Bungalows, Polynesian, Raiatea, Rangiroa, San Francisco Departures, South Pacific Dreaming, Taha'a, Tahiti, Tetiaroa, Tikehau, Travel, Travel During COVID-19, Travel Well, Tuamotu Islands, Ua Huka, Ua Pou, United, We are all in this together, We can do this!, We will make it!, We will travel again!, Whales
As of July 30, 2020, there have been updates to French Polynesia’s entry requirements. They have been streamlined…Yay! At this time French Polynesia is the only island nation in the South Pacific, including New Zealand and Australia, open to international...
by kleon | May 15, 2020 | 2020, 2021, 2021 Bookings, Adventure in Paradise, Air France, Air Tahiti, Air Tahiti Nui, Aitutaki, Aranui 5, Atiu, Austral Islands, Avarua, Bora Bora, Cook Islands, Cultural, Fatu Hiva, Fiji, French Polynesia, FrenchBee, Hiva Oa, Hotel Kia Ora, Huahine, lagoon, Life on the sea, Living Life, Makatea, Mangaia, Marquesas Islands, Maupiti, Moorea, New Zealand, Nuku Hiva, Polynesian, Raiatea, Rangiroa, Rarotonga, Rurutu Islands, Sailing, Samoa, Save Costs to Tahiti, South Island of New Zealand, South Pacific Dreaming, Swimming with whales, Swimming with whales made easy!, Taha'a, Tahiti, Tahuata, Tetiaroa, Tikehau, Tonga, Travel, Travel Well, Tuamotu Islands, Ua Huka, Ua Pou, We are all in this together, We can do this!, We will make it!, We will travel again!, Whales, What we do now is for our tomorrow!
That is correct! There is not a custom with the Polynesian and Melanesian people of the South Pacific? Why? When any person first arrives into say the Cook Islands, you will hear almost immediately “Is this your first time into the islands?” While the...
