Huahine, French Polynesia

Huahine was another unknown to me before we flew there. Turns out, it's unknown to most Americans. We spent 2 nights there at the Maitai Hotel and most of the other guests were French. I thought that was pretty cool. The Maitai Lapita Village is designed to look like a traditional Tahitian village. There were even some archeological sites on the property. Incredible! The first picture is our room.

Just after the first rain on our visit, the flowers were even more spectacular!

The view from the hotel's infinity pool: amazing!

On a tour around the island, we stopped at an artist's home. She paints the traditional Tahitian pareo. This was on display and she explained the different symbolisms. In the lower left there is a depiction of mountain range on the island. They say it's a mythican pregnant woman. Can you see it?

Henri enjoying the wonderful views on our tour!

This is how locals keep their boats to avoid barnacles attaching to the boats.

A nifty church on the island.

Henri enjoying himself in the vanilla fields.

One last view of our wonderful hotel!