Word: tahiti
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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...
...difficult to imagine an itinerary which would take an enterprising traveler from the Grand Tetons in Wyoming, through the strange pleasures of Arkansas and down east to the beaches and small towns of southern Maine...and then to Tahiti, no less. It is a trip that no package deal could ever offer...
...disdain for tourist hotspots, accompanied by a healthy reverence for the unique. Three of the authors cannot help but mention the presence of Polo outlets in their respective vacation-spots, while the cliched myth of local authenticity is even debunked by a humorous look at a disastrous trip to Tahiti...