The season premiere of “The Amazing Race” will air on Sunday, February 17th at 8/7c on CBS, and you won’t want to miss it! Why? The contestants this season will skydive from 10,000 feet in the air above the island of Bora Bora!
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Tahiti’s Tere Fa’ati Tour
This Saturday, January 26th, Tahiti will host its annual New Year’s celebration known as Le Tere Fa’ati. It includes a festive tour aboard the traditional open-air “le truck” with multiple stops around the island. Each bus is decorated with colorful flowers and carries a local band to provide musical entertainment during the ride. This is […]
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Tahiti Photo of the Day
The surfers out there will love today’s photo. This picture of Danny Fuller, taken by photographer Zak Noyle, continues to get the most attention on Pinterest so we thought we’d also share it on the blog. Don’t forget to follow our boards for daily eye candy and inspiration from the islands of Tahiti!
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House Hunters International Takes on Tahiti
Set your DVRs! The island of Moorea will be featured on HGTV’s House Hunters International on Wednesday, February 6th at 10:30 p.m. E/P. The episode follows Paul and Suzanne Sloan as they pack up and leave Los Angeles for French Polynesia. In an interview with Islands Magazine, Paul said the discussion to move “only took […]
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GUESS Which Clothing Brand Went to Bora Bora!
Guess continues its tradition of creating sexy ads featuring exotic locations—and this time they chose Bora Bora! The island is featured as the beautiful backdrop to the brand’s Spring/Summer 2013 collection. The campaign was shot by photographer Yu Tsai and features images of models Gigi Hadid, Stephan Lambert, Natasha Barnard and Gonçalo Teixeira as they vacation on […]
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10th Annual FIFO Film Festival in Tahiti
With the Golden Globes and the Oscars right around the corner, award season is officially here! But while the rest of the world focuses on Hollywood, our attention is on Tahiti and the South Pacific. Each year, Tahiti hosts the annual Pacific International Documentary Film Festival (FIFO). This year’s event, which marks its 10th anniversary, […]
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Tahitian Tiare Day
On Friday, December 7th, Tahiti will celebrate its annual “La Journée du Tiare Tahiti.” This day, known as Tahitian Tiare Day, is a special tribute to the country’s own emblematic Tahitian gardenia. It includes a contest in which the locals compete to see who can best showcase the national flower, and it typically causes the […]
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The Last Sail of the HMS Bounty
We’d like to preface this post by saying that our hearts go out to all those affected by Hurricane Sandy. Many people are still struggling to recover from the devastation, and we encourage you to donate what you can to the American Red Cross to help those in need. One particular story that surfaced during […]
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Team EDT Wins the 2012 Hawaiki Nui Va’a
The 21st edition of the Hawaiki Nui Va’a concluded on Friday, November 9th and Electricité de Tahiti (EDT) was the winning team! A total of 86 crews and 126 rowers competed in this year’s grueling outrigger canoe race. Shell Va’a, who was favored to win the competition, won the final stage of the race but was […]
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Tahiti’s Monoï Here
The Monoï Here is, well… here! This week marks the start of the 6th annual Monoï Here (pronounced Mah-noy Héré), which is a four-day celebration of Tahiti’s famously fragrant monoï oil. The event will take place from Thursday, November 15th until Sunday, November 18th at the Maison de la Culture in downtown Papeete. Want to know […]
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