Posts in Tag: Marquesas Islands
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Fatu Hiva – Last Stop in the Marquesas
In the last post from this Adventures Abroad tour of French Polynesia we visited the scared marae of I’lpona on the island of Hiva Oa. In this post we will head for our final destination in the Marquesas, Fatu Hiva where we will have two stops, first at Omoa and then at Hanavave. Those so […]
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Puamau, I’lpona Marae & Tahuata
In the last post from this Adventures Abroad tour of French Polynesia we arrived on the South Marquesas island of Hiva Oa where we visited the graves of Paul Gauguin and Jacques Brel in the town of Atuona. In this post we weigh anchor and cruise to the farther end of Hiva Oa and the […]
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Hiva Oa – Visiting with Paul Gauguin
In the last post from this Adventures Abroad tour of French Polynesia we visited the island of Ua Huka where we visited a number of museums, an arboretum and enjoyed a nice walk back to the Aranui 5, the passenger/freighter that has taken us to the Marquesas Islands. After departing our mooring spot near three motus […]
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Ua Huka – Museum of the Marquesas
In the last post from this Adventures Abroad journey through French Polynesia we visited the island of Ua Pou which I think everyone in the group enjoyed tremendously, especially the display put on by the local high school teenagers. After departing we sailed overnight to the island of Ua Huka which lies northeast of Ua […]
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Ua Pou – Marquesas’ Cathedral Island
In the last post we made landfall at Nuku Hiva the first of the Marquesas Islands we visited on this Adventures Abroad French Polynesia tour. There, among other things, we were treated to a display of the traditional island drumming, chanting and dancing in the shade of a sacred banyan tree. In this post the […]
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French Polynesia with Adventures Abroad
Alison and I have just returned from what many would describe as the trip of a lifetime. We spent almost three full weeks exploring both the well known and many of the lesser known islands of the massive French overseas territory collectively known as French Polynesia. In addition to spending time on Tahiti, Moorea and […]