All Good Things Must Come to an End
And just like that, it’s time to go home. I’m writing this with a strange swirl of emotions—our hearts are full, our bags are (barely) packed, and our minds are already wandering back to...
Author: Suz
Beautiful Bora Bora
Just when we thought French Polynesia couldn’t possibly get any better, we touched down in Bora Bora — which honestly feels less like a real place and more like a Photoshopped screensaver. Getting there...
a deserted island paradise
Did you know French Polynesia is made up of 5 archipelagos and 118 islands? That’s a lot of choices when you’re deciding where to run away from it all. So when Rowdy suggested we...
Tahiti: The Sea Lion, the Surgery & the $15,000 Sprint
Our mission to drop 5kg before flying home was going strong — mountain hikes, 3 minute sprints along the Papeete foreshore, smug little chats about “how good we were feeling.” Enter: The Beach Walk....
Hold Onto Your Hat: Our Wild Ride Through Tahiti
Whilst the family were here, we decided to take on the highly recommended 4WD safari adventure through the wild, leafy, spine-tingling heart of Tahiti. Because nothing says “quality family bonding” like being flung around...
1 month in to our 3 month staycation in Paradise – living the dream
So here we are—one month into our grand adventure of spending three months in one country each year for the next ten years. Ambitious? Absolutely. Mad? Quite possibly. Fun? Definitely. Tahiti has been everything...
What a PEARLA of a day!
If you know me even a little, you know I have a deep, unshakeable love for pearls. Earrings, rings, bracelets, necklaces—I basically treat my jewellery like I’m auditioning for a cameo in The Crown. If...
Adventures in Grocery Hunting
One of the things we genuinely love when travelling the world—especially for extended stays—is ditching the hotel life and moving into an Airbnb like we’re trying out for Local Life: The Budget Series. I can...
TOURIST TIME – Tahiti Edition
After living the life of a local (eating too many croissants – healthy ones of course – and pretending we understand French, the travel bug bit hard. So we decided it was time to...
5 days in. Are we delusional or just crazy?
So here we are, on this impossibly idyllic island — think postcard-perfect beaches, palm trees swaying in the breeze, and coconuts that practically fall into your smoothie blender. Surrounded by some of the freshest,...