Word: tahiti
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Club Med," he said conspiratorily. "There's nothing in Tahiti any more. I've been here before, and the only thing to do is to go to Club...
That wasn't the Tahiti we wanted to see. We were looking for the Tahiti of Kon Tiki, of South Pacific, of Mutiny on the Bounty. One with lei-bearing natives, grass-thatched huts and cute little pigs running wild among the palm trees. And with miles and miles of pristine white sand beaches...
From the moment we walked out of Faaa ("Fa-a-a") Airport, we began to realize that modern-day Tahiti bore absolutely no resemblance to the Tahiti of popular fantasy...
...would be hard pressed to find a grass-thatched hut in Tahiti's capital city, Papeete ("Pa-pey-ey-tey"). With its department stores, street traffic and air pollution, Papeete would resemble a medium-sized midwestern American city if it weren't for all the tour-company vans lined up on the main street...
...beaches were the biggest disappointment, though. At first we figured we just didn't know where the good ones were. So we explored, and asked around, and wandered desolately along the coastline. And we came to one concluson: the beaches in Tahiti are lousy...