From the moment you step off the plane in French Polynesia (any island will do!), the culture doesn’t just greet you—it practically hugs all your senses at once. We’ve been lucky enough to set...
We’ve had three single-day trips to Moorea in the two months we’ve been in Tahiti, and honestly, the more often we go, the more we love it! It’s laid back, chilled, much less busy,...
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....
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...
From the very, very beginning, this trip had “delight” written all over it. Captain Benoit arrived to pick us up at the marina, and he was practically vibrating with energy and enthusiasm—from his warm,...
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...
Who wants to swim with sharks?Not me. Not really. Not on purpose.Back home in Australia, “swimming with sharks” usually means something has gone horribly wrong. Throw in a bunch of stingrays and suddenly this is...
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...
It’s 4:30am. The kind of hour that should be illegal unless you’re catching a flight—or in our case, sailing to a postcard. The powers out sooo, no coffee, we stumble out of the villa...
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...