French Polynesia 2005

In August of 2004 Bill and I made our first trip to French Polynesia for a 7-day cruise on the RSSC Paul Gauguin with a post-cruise stay on Manihi. We caught the "FP flu" and pursued the only known cure by making an onboard booking to return again in June 2005. We chose this particular June 11 embarkation because in addition to the islands visited on the PG 7 day itinerary it included the island of Huahine plus Rangiroa (second largest atoll in the world) in the Tuamotu Archipelago.

Pre-cruise: Our vacation itinerary this year included an overnight stay at the LAX Hilton (we fly out of Detroit) and two nights at the Tahiti Beachcomber prior to embarkation. Sleeping 10 straight hours in LA and again our first night in Tahiti we had adjusted to our 6-hour time change and were ready to fully enjoy all the activity of the cruise. Read more