Words by Kirk Owers
Tahiti’s verdant natural beauty has inspired many things: mutiny on the bounty, Gauguin’s best paintings and Marlon Brando’s mid-life wig out. While the South Pacific is sprinkled with literally thousands of beautiful islands, Tahiti stands alone. And it stands tall. The dramatic volcanic island spears out of the Pacific like a geographic [...]

Words Adam Blakey
Photo Chris Searl
You gotta hand it to the French Government. There they are with their rich cheeses, arrogant vins rouges and piss stained cobblestone streets stinking up Western Europe and the best place they can come up with to test their nuclear weapons is the pristine, virgin waters of the Pacific Islands. Don’t [...]

Heaven is doing this with Air Tahiti Nui, surely the most delightfully old-fashioned carrier in the air, which takes your mind off the fear of flying. You feel like you are in the tropics the minute you step aboard - the seats are lagoon blue and the pillows canary yellow. The meal service in business [...]

Story by Karen Walker
Photos by Mikhail Gherman

A good friend of mine recently fulfilled his life long dream of visiting Tahiti. His perfect holiday was spoiled, however, when, while killing time wandering the streets of the dingy main town of Papeete waiting to check in for his 1 am flight, he inadvertently stepped into a dead [...]

The mark of a very good hotel is that somehow, against the odds, you believe you are the first person there, and that your room, or in this case, over-water bungalow, is yours alone.
Everything inside each bungalow at the Intercontinental Bora Bora Resort is designed to maximize the view over lagoon water so [...]