Beautiful on the outer islands although Papaeete itself is not that great. Shopping/living is expensive here so would advise buying souvenirs from some other part of the world. Not a huge amount of english spoken amongst the locals so either learn french or make sure you are good at playing charades!

Lugar mais barato para comprar perola

Breakfast at our hotel was $50.00 per person (for the cheapest option). The "Roulettes", which are little trucks on the road had amazing food for about $5.00 a meal. We enjoyed the hotel food, but that's a lot for the whole week, and the truck food was really tasty.

Many artists live on the island. They are somehow reclusive (otherwise they wouldn't be there) but they do not mind showing you their art...soemtimes they sell it too...believe it or not!

là vous pourrez nager dans le lagon à 2m de profondeur dans une eau limpide au beau milieu de requins à pointe noir, raies et autre poisson aux multiples couleurs.

Don t buy any black pearls in the city before visiting the surrounding islandsatolls ,compare the prices and of colors shapes sizes so you can have an idea!!!Even if you don t buy any pearls those atolls are worth of your visit.

Bring a fishing equipment with you because almost anytime of the day night you can catch something and prepare your own healthy sea food by using soy sauce fresh lemon juice only, of course if you like raw-fish ;-) otherwise the old, booooring way of grilling it!!!