Zimbini kuphela iimotus zeRangiroa (iindawo ezixhonywe kwiingqaqa ezigqunywe luhlaza) kuhlala abantu, nto leyo ethetha ukuba abantu abangaphantsi kwama-3,000 babiza isigxina seekhilomitha ezingama-558 somhlaba, nto leyo ekwenza uzive ufana noGilligan noGinger uwedwa. Isiqithi (nangona kunjalo, kufanelekile ngaphezu kohambo lweeyure ezintathu).

Ukufika kwam eRangiroa ndafumanisa ukuba inye kuphela into ekufuneka uyenzile: Fumana umntu wasekhaya, ungene kwisikhephe sabo, uhambe uyokuntywila.

Ukufika kwethu, mna neqabane endandihamba nalo sakhulula iibhegi zethu, iimpahla zethu, kunye nejet lag saza sabophelela kwitanki yokuqubha kwivenkile yeTop Dive ngaphakathi Kia Ora Ihotele . Emva kwekhosi yengozi yokuntywila, saqala indawo eyaziwa ngokuba yi-Aquarium.

Ukulahla ngaphantsi komphezulu zizikolo ezikhulu zeentlanzi kwaye ezinye zookrebe abanomtsalane omnyama bafuna incindi emnandi. Kwi-Aquarium, abahlali kunye nabakhenkethi badibana ukusuka elangeni ukuya elangeni ukuze bahlale kwizikhephe zabo, badlale umculo omncinci, batshone emanzini, kwaye babelane ngokuhleka njengokrebe okanye ezimbini zidada ziye kutyelelo.

Ngentsasa elandelayo savuka nelanga sathabatha uhambo losuku olude saya kwindawo eyaziwa ngokuba yiReef Island. Sacholwa yindoda engagugiyo egama linguMana saza saxelelwa ukuba singene ngemva elorini kunye nabanye abambalwa ababeza kuba nguJacque Cousteaus, emva koko sahamba ngephenyane saya kwisiQithi iReef, isiqithana esimalunga neyure ukusuka apho. Emva kokuwela ichweba, isiQithi seReef savela, i-oasis eyayibonakala ingakhange ichukunyiswe saziva ngathi singabokuqala ukubeka unyawo kuyo (thina, ewe, sasingekho).

Apho, sahamba ngesikhephe, sajonga, satya isidlo sasemini sentlanzi esandula ukubanjwa kunye nesonka esihlohliweyo sikhiwe kanye emthini, saza saxubana nookrebe abasebenza elunxwemeni ngaphambi kokukhwela emva ukutshona kwelanga.

Ufika njani apho: Bhabha Umoya Tahiti Nui

Uhlala phi: IKia Ora Resort kunye ne-Spa (ukuqala kwi- $ 579 ngobusuku)

Kwenziwe ntoni: Ukhenketho lweeReef Island Yi- $ 135 kumntu ngamnye

I-Raiatea: KwiiMbali zeBuffs

Ngomhla wesithathu, sahamba saya Raiatea , umhlaba wokuqala owawuhlala amaPolynesia amandulo. Ukuphuma kweengcango zesikhululo seenqwelomoya iRaiatea, sonwabile ngabathengisi abathengisa ikhokhonathi ezisandula ukusikwa, iipinapile ezityebileyo, kunye nevanilla enuka kamnandi kude kube ngamehlo.

Isikhokelo sethu sosuku yayingomnye umntu wasePolynesia owayesele emthonjeni wolutsha- uYoram Pariente, umnini kunye nomsebenzisi I-Polynesian ibaleka iTahirarii . Naye, njengoMana, wasikhwelisa elorini yakhe ukuba isithathe uhambo olude, nangona ngeli xesha yayiquka ingozi kwimbali yasePolynesia.

U-Yoram wathetha ngenzondelelo engapheliyo ngembali ye-French Polynesia, kwaye ngokwenene, akukho mntu ungcono onokufunda kuye: Phambi kokuba abuyele esiqithini ukuqhuba inkampani yakhe, u-Yoram wachitha ixesha ehlala kwiindawo ezifana ne-England ne-Scotland, apho wagcina khona wakha kwakhona Izinto zakudala zasePolynesia zezinye iimyuziyam ezibalaseleyo emhlabeni.

Esiqithini, wasiqhubela ukuba siye kwiindawo ezimbalwa azithandayo, kubandakanya I-Taputapuatea marae i-UNESCO indawo. Ngelixa wayehleli engceni, wacacisa ukuba abantu basePolynesia baqala ukusuka elwandle ukusuka kule ndawo kanye ukuya kuphonononga okungaphaya kolwandle, ekugqibeleni bafumana iziqithi zaseHawaii, ngaphezulu kweminyaka eyi-1 000 eyadlulayo. Yonke imbali yaseTahiti, utshilo, idluliswa njengesiko lomlomo. Akukho maxwebhu abhaliweyo kwangoko, kodwa ngengoma, umdaniso, kunye nokudibana okuqhelekileyo nabanye abantu besiqithi sePacific- kunye nabantu abazinikeleyo njengoYoram - imbali igcinwe kakuhle.

Ekupheleni kwexesha lethu sikunye, uYoram wasishiya kwesinye isikhephe, ngeli xesha iteksi, eyayiza kusisa kuhambo lwethu olulandelayo. Ude wahlala wasizulisa de sabe singasamboni.

Ufika njani apho: Bhabha Umoya Tahiti Nui

Uhlala phi: Ihotele iOpoa Beach

Kwenziwe ntoni: Ukutyelela kunye I-Polynesian ibaleka iTahirarii

I-Taha'a: Kumhambi ngokuPhila

Ekuphela kwendlela yokufikelela Taha'a ngesikhephe, kwaye eso sikhephe sikwindawo yokugcina kuphela indawo yokutyela. Ukuba ungadlula ngaphandle koku-odola ukutya, ke sikelela umphefumlo wakho kuba unuka kamnandi kakhulu ukuba ungaba yinyani. Kodwa besikumishini, ngoko ke sakhawuleza saphuma saya kufika kwihotele elandelayo: Ihotele yaseLe Taha'a kunye ne-Spa .

Into esiyifundileyo phantse kwangoko kukuba akukho nto inokwenziwa kwisiqithi saseTaha'a, ngaphandle kokuhlala phantsi, uphumle, kwaye wonwabele umbono weBora Bora nje kwiikhilomitha ezimbalwa ukusuka apho. Kwaye akukho ndawo ingcono yokwenza ngaphandle kokulungileyo ukusuka esiphelweni se-bungalows ngaphezulu kwamanzi ehotele. Yiba namabhongo kwaye uvuke nelanga, kwaye uya kuvuzwa ngobuhle ngesibhakabhaka esiguqula umthunzi oxubeneyo weorenji etshisiweyo, ebomvu, nepinki obungazi nokuba kunokwenzeka.

Ewe, ukuba unamabhongo ngokwenene, ungabhukisha nenqwelomoya iTahiti Air Charter njengathi, eya kukuphakamisa ekupheleni kweedokethi zehotele kwaye ikuse kude ngenqwelomoya eyothusayo yemizuzu eli-10 ngaphezulu kweBora Bora.

Inqwelomoya ilingana nobukhulu bemoto, ngoko ke ayenzelwanga ukuba ityhafe intliziyo, kodwa kuhambo lwethu lokubuyela, sabona into esasicinga ukuba sisimanga: imitha enkulu, eyingelosi yeengelosi edada phantsi kwamanzi acwebezelayo alapha ngezantsi. Ukuyibona ishukuma kwaye kubethe amaphiko ayo kusenze saziva ngathi sikwi-movie yeDisney- kwaye ukwenza ukuba umhlaba ophithizelayo ube kufanelekile.

Xa sibuyayo, ihotele isimeme ukuba sithathe ukutshona kwelanga siwele umlambo owonqenayo. Ihotele yakhiwe ecaleni kokungena okuncinci, okugutyungelwe ngapha nangapha ngamatye ekorale. Amaza endalo enza ukuba ibe yindawo efanelekileyo yokuhamba uye esiphelweni, ungene ngaphakathi, kwaye udadele ngqo egumbini lakho. Yindlela yokuphumla ngayo esi siqithi. Awudingi nokudada. Kwaye, ngenxa yendawo ekuyo, ingathi ufumana amava eBora Bora, thabatha izihlwele kwaye ugcwele ubomi baselwandle apha ngezantsi.

Ufika njani apho: Bhabha Umoya Tahiti Nui

Uhlala phi: Ihotele yaseLe Taha'a kunye ne-Spa

Kwenziwe ntoni: Thatha u Iikota zomoya zaseTahiti

Moorea: Kumntu ofuna inkcubeko

Emva kokufumana i-zen eyiyo kwiTaha'a, yayilixesha lokuba uphinde ubuyele kwimowudi yesenzo sePolynesia, kwaye Moorea zisiwe.

Ngokungafaniyo nomhlaba othe tyaba nobude obude beRangiroa, iintaba zikaMoorea ziziva zinamandla kwaye zisondela njengoko zihlaba phakathi kwamafu angasentla.

Ukulandela inqwelo-moya kunye nesikhephe esiya eMorea, sadibana noSam, wasePolynesia esinebali.

USam, umnini we Moorea Maori Tours, unikezela ngamava abizwa ngokuba buBomi bam basePolynesia, leyo yinto esakhe sayikhetha njengoko sasifuna ukubona ukuba bunjani ubomi bemihla ngemihla kunye nendawo. Kwaye uSam, kunye neetattoo zakhe zemveli ukusuka ebunzi ukuya emnweni, wayeyindoda nje yalowo msebenzi.

Emva kokuhamba ngokukhawuleza kwemoto ngaphandle kwendawo yabakhenkethi, uSam usixelele ukuba sishiye izinto zethu ngasemva. Emva koko sahamba saya kunxweme lwamanzi kwaye safumana iphenyane lokubaleka kunye nomphathi owayelindile owayengenakuba ngaphezulu kweminyaka eyi-17. USam usixelele ukuba kufuneka siyokuloba iintlanzi zethu ngaloo mini kanye njengoko besenzile abantu basePolynesia kangangeenkulungwane. Sahamba ke, kunye nesikhokelo sethu solutsha olufikisayo, saya kumqengqeleki omalunga nemizuzu elishumi ukuphuma. Sazibophelela ihobe ukuze sizame ukuloba ngomkhonto. Isilumkiso seSpoiler: Abantu basePolynesia bakude lee kuncono kunakuqala. Kodwa sikwazile ukubuya neparrot fish ezimbalwa (kunye nento eshiyekileyo yebhongo lethu) xa saphinda sadibana noSam elunxwemeni.

Unetyiwa, unodaka, kwaye wonwabile kukhenketho lwethu, uSam wasisa kwikhaya lakhe, elalingeyondlwan 'iyanetha. Apho, efihliweyo phakathi kohlaza oluchumileyo lwaseMoorea, kwahlala amasimi amancinane azaliswe yimithi yekhokhonathi, igadi yeziqhamo kunye nemifuno ukuze ikhuphisane noMartha Stewart, kunye nenkunzi yenkomo erol-poly eyayibonakala ifana nekerubhi yebhubhu ebukhali kunenja.

Endlwini, uSam wasazisa kumfazi wakhe, uSylvie, i-expat yaseFrance eneetattoos ezintsha zeTahiti. Wayesilindile ekhitshini elingaphandle losapho, apho wayeza kusinceda silungiselele ukubamba kwethu. Endlini, uSam wasikhapha indlela yokuvuna kunye nokulungiselela inyama yekhokhonathi kunye nobisi lwekhokhonathi kwisibheno sethu, iPoisson Cru, isidlo esimnandi esenziwe ngetyhuna eluhlaza, ubisi lwekhokhonathi, ikalika kunye nekhukhamba. Sidibanise loo nto nentwana yesonka, irayisi, kunye neparrot fish esandula ukuloba kwaye sahlala etafileni yabo ukuze sifunde ngakumbi malunga nebali likaSam.

Wasihamba ngemvelaphi yakhe kunye nendlela anokuthi azilandele ngayo iingcambu zookhokho bakhe kangangamakhulu eminyaka. Ucacise i-tattoo nganye esolula umzimba wakhe, ebonisa ukuba nganye inentsingiselo ekhethekileyo yokunxibelelana noMoorea. Wathetha ngamahla-ndinyuka afunyanwa ngamaPolynesia bakufika abavangeli basemazweni baseFrance. Kungekudala, unxibelelwano oluqinileyo lukaSam kunye nekhaya lakhe lalinomona omkhulu wokuba uMoorea wayengelilo ikhaya lethu, nathi.

Ufika njani apho: Bhabha Umoya Tahiti Nui okanye thatha isikhephe ukusuka eTahiti ukuya eMoorea

Uhlala phi: ISofitel Moorea

Kwenziwe ntoni: Chitha usuku noSam on Ukhenketho lweMoorea Maori

Tahiti: YeeAdrenaline Junkies

Into edla ngokungananzwa xa undwendwela iFrench Polynesia yile Tahiti ngokwayo. Isetyenziswa ngakumbi njengephedi yokumilisela kunendawo ekuyiwa kuyo, kodwa abahambi benza impazamo ebalulekileyo ngokungachithi ubuncinci usuku behlola oko esi siqithi sinikela ngako.

Kwaye, njenge-surfer yobomi bonke, ndandisazi ukuba kukho enye into ekufuneka ndiyenzile ngelixa ndilapho: kuva amandla eTeahupoo.

Kwabangenakuqalwa, iTeahupoo ithathwa njengenye yezona ndawo zibalaseleyo zekhephu kwihlabathi. Ikwayenye yezona ziyingozi. Ngaphambi kokuba sisondele kwaye sihlangane namaza, saqala ukudibana nembali eyinyani yaseTahiti kunye noluntu oluselwandle, URaimana Van Bastolaer .

URaimana uncede abanye babantu abadumileyo kwihlabathi ukuba babone amaza amakhulu. URaimana usixelele ukuba usandula ukuthatha uCindy Crawford kunye nosapho lwakhe ukuba bakhwele iphenyane kwaye ujikeleze iziqithi kunye nomhlobo wakhe, uJulia Roberts.

Kwaye ngenene, kulula ukubona ukuba kutheni abantu bethontelana kuye. Kwisithuba semizuzu eli-10 sidibene naye, wabeka iJet Ski ukuze asithumele kwikhefu kwaye wathi ndlela-ntle ngokuwola kwaye ndiyakuthanda.

Satsiba emva kweJet Ski saza sabulisa kumqhubi wethu. Bamba uqinise, waphendula.

Kwimizuzu nje embalwa, sasilapho, kumgama nje weenyawo ezimbalwa ukusuka kwelona lizwe lalinzima. Ngenxa yendlela amaza aqhekeza isitya ngayo, ababukeli banokuhlala emphethweni njengoko amaza eqhubeka nokuwa ngezantsi. Kodwa ukubuyela umva kumaza yayisisikhumbuzo esinamandla sokuba sisondele kangakanani engozini.

Siye sahlala kunye nabahlali ababehlanganisene apho saza sabukela njengoko isurfer ibhenqelwe ngaphakathi. Sisonke, savuya senzela abo bakwenzayo oko kwaye salinda ngomoya opholileyo ukuba abanye babuyele kumphezulu.

Emva kweyure okanye ngaphezulu sabuyela elunxwemeni, saqhuba kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya, saza sakhwela inqwelo moya sibuyele kubomi bethu bemihla ngemihla. Into esasishiyeke nayo kuhambo lwethu yayikukuvuselelwa, umbulelo onyanisekileyo ngenkcubeko ebeka ulonwabo lwabantu bayo kunye nentlalo-ntle yayo yonke enye into, kunye nothando olutsha lwazo zombini ookrebe kunye ne-tuna eluhlaza erhaxwe lubisi lwekhokhonathi.

Ufika njani apho: Isikhephe esibuyela eTahiti okanye Bhabha Umoya Tahiti Nui

Uhlala phi: I-Intercontinental Tahiti

Kwenziwe ntoni: Ukutyelela iTeahupoo kunye Iti Surfari

Ke yiya eFrench Polynesia, qiniseka ukuba uhlala ixesha elaneleyo ukuze izike entliziyweni yakho. Ngale ndlela, ubuncinci ungabalekela phaya ngasemva nangaliphi na ixesha olifunayo.