Traveling is a lot of fun by itself, with new destinations and new people you meet being an eye opening experience that keeps you busy and in awe most of the time. Yet sometimes the trip itself can be made into an even better experience if you are able to practice a hobby, sport or […]
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Beach tennis: the Asia-Pacific tour
by maitravelsite on June 11, 2010 | 7 Comments
Posted in Australia, Bali, Brunei, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Tahiti and Moorea, Taiwan, Thailand, Vanuatu, Vietnam 
Tags: Australia, Bali, beach tennis, Brunei, Cambodia, French Polynesia, hong kong, Indonesia, JAPAN, Macau, Malaysia, Moorea, new zealand, Philippines, South Korea, Spain, Tahiti, Taiwan, Thailand, Vanuatu, video, Vietnam 
7 Comments »Tahiti and Moorea on a budget (Part 2)
by maitravelsite on April 27, 2010 | 5 Comments
As we reached Moorea in French Polynesia we began to appreciate the beauty of this Pacific island, perhaps the most amazing I have seen in the world (so far) and were excited about spending a week there. While getting there from Tahiti you can see that the water is as crystal clear as it can […]
Posted in Pacific Islands, Tahiti and Moorea Tags: French Polynesia, Moorea, paradise, Tahiti 5 Comments »Waimea Canyon in Hawaii: The Grand Canyon of the Pacific
by maitravelsite on April 10, 2010 | 4 Comments
Please welcome guest writer Jake Garrett from Kauai, Hawaii. Jake has lived extensively around the world and currently calls home the Villas at Poipu Kai, in Hawaii. It was in 1866 that Mark Twain first ventured to Hawaii and gave the isolated paradise a paragraph in geography books. The institution that sponsored his travels was […]
Tahiti and Moorea on a budget (Part 1)
by maitravelsite on February 18, 2010 | 15 Comments
How to make your trip to French Polynesia affordable I’m sure that like me, you always thought that the islands featured in spectacular photos you have found yoursel staring at are only accessible to the extremely wealthy and certainly out of reach for the budget conscious, right? Wrong! Sure, French Polynesia can be as expensive as […]
Posted in Pacific Islands, Tahiti and Moorea Tags: French Polynesia, Moorea, Pacific Islands, Papeete, South Pacific, Tahiti 15 Comments »Hide away in the South Pacific: Vanuatu
by maitravelsite on February 6, 2010 | 8 Comments
Formerly known as the New Hebrides, Vanuatu is an independent island chain/ country located 3 hrs NE of Au and 3 hours north of NZ, fairly close to Tahiti, and was going to be our first stop in the Pacific islands. Our flight with Air Vanuatu from Melbourne with a stopover in Sydney arrived on […]
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