Tag: French Polynesia
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A return visit to Bora Bora for the Flat Friends!
#flathal #borabora #tahiti #frenchpolynesia The Flat Friends really enjoyed walking around Vaitape (the community around the tender port where a small boat brought us ashore from our anchored cruise ship) on our own last time we came to Bora Bora. We strolled at our own pace, stopping anywhere we wanted, as often as we wished…
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Moorea, French Polynesia offered something for everyone.
#flathal #flatstanleyproject #moorea #frenchpolynesia After 50 days of traveling together, the shipboard community has developed friendships and routines. Each evening, fellow passengers share photos from their day. Thanks to our friends we have seen dolphins spinning in the air, and underwater wonderlands visited by the snorkeling excursions. Today we shared our photos of the amazing…
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The cruise is over… and it feels like we covered a lot of ocean — how far did the Flat Fellas travel?
San Diego, California to Nawiliwili, Kauai, Hawaii: ~2,200 nautical miles Nawiliwili, Kauai to Kailua-Kona, Hawaii: ~230 nautical miles Kailua-Kona to Honolulu, Oahu: ~90 nautical miles Honolulu, Oahu to Kahului, Maui: ~95 nautical miles Kahului, Maui to Hilo, Hawaii: ~125 nautical miles Hilo, Hawaii to Fanning Island, Kiribati: ~1,200 nautical miles Fanning Island to Pago Pago,…
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Flat Hal and Flat Stanley saw Tikis in Nuku Hiva
When we asked Gemini AI to help us if we had indeed seen Tikis, and more about them, this is what we read: A Tiki is a human-like figure that’s an important part of Polynesian culture and history. Here’s a simple explanation: Origins: Tikis represent gods, ancestors, or important figures. They were often worshipped and…
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The Flat Fellas went sightseeing in Fakarava
One of the things Flat Stanley and Flat Hal enjoyed on our walk aroundFakarava was the simple joy of recognizing some of the things we saw afteressentially a week in French Polynesia paired with the fun of continuing todiscover new things. Do you recognize these birds that seemed to behaving a staring contest on the…
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Fakarava – a long flat hike to a unique lighthouse
Flat Stanley and Flat Hal rode the tender to shore, then walked along the coast. First we headed away from the airport, and saw a lot of fantastic flowers and coconut trees. Then we turned back the way we had come from, went back to where we had started, and kept going. In all we…
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A tour around the island of Tahiti with Flat Stanley and Flat Hal
Captain Cook visited Tahiti several times, and one of the places we visited had several monuments, including one to him, and one related to the Mutiny on the Bounty. Do you know about Captain Cook? The ship The Bounty? Their stories have captured the imaginations of generations, and are one of the reasons Tahiti is…
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The Flat Fellas visited another national capital together – do you know what city it is?
Flat Stanley and Flat Hal have visited Pago Pago, Suva, Nuku’alofa andAvarua (do you remember which country each of those cities is the capitalof?) the cruise has now brought us to the capital of French Polynesia, Papeete. Walking around Papeete we stopped by the city hall, where a major functionwas going on. We also tried…
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Huahine – the sunrise was a brilliant forecast of the day to come
Flat Stanley and Flat Hal have been setting an alarm to get up to see the sun rise on as many mornings as possible during our trip. Some mornings that has been as early as 4:45 am. Today, at 4:55, when the alarm went off very little light was slipping beneath the curtains into our cabin. It felt…
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Bora Bora birds… Flat Stanley and Flat Hal recognized the birds we saw!
When we first started this trip we would not have been able to gesture to the most of the birds and ask one another “is that a….?” and insert the correct name. However, as we walked around Bora Bora we recognized a Pacific Reef Heron, a Brown Noddy, a Zebra Dove, and some pigeons (also known…
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Overwater Bungalows is one of Bora Bora’s claims to fame – and the Flat Fellas caught a glimpse of them!
The most famous type of hotel room in Bora Bora is an overwater bungalow. The room is on stilts over the water, frequently over part of a coral reef. People who have spent a night in one of the rooms say there is an area with a couch that has a glass floor. You can look through it…
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Bora Bora – the Flat Fellas explored an island so many have heard of
Before heading ashore with Flat Hal and Flat Stanley today we tried to think of why Bora Bora is an island so many people have heard of, and know the name of, even if they don’t know it is in the Society Islands, or French Polynesia. We started our learning with the help of Gemini…
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The Leeward Islands, part of The Society Islands in French Polynesia
Flat Stanley and Flat Hal had a good time walking around Uturoa, Raiatea, French Polynesia. It was a very warm day, with an occasional breeze that almost cooled us off. The Society Islands include the Leeward and Windward Islands… names that are interesting. With a little help from AI to understand better, The names “Windward” and “Leeward”…