Experience After graduating college in 2018, Sarah Lempa left the U.S. for Vietnam with only a backpack and her laptop. Since building an online career as a writer and marketer while traveling, her ...

On the remote south coast of Tahiti, its Jurassic peaks and azure lagoon accessible only by boat, Patrick Rochette is explaining how centuries-old Polynesian conservation traditions are being revived ...

Teahupo’o blasted on the international map with the 2024 Olympic surf competition. But it still reflects the old character of the island: welcoming, peaceful, and authentic. ByCassidy Randall, Former ...

In the early 1600s, adventurous men took to the seas from their homelands in Europe, sailing across the Pacific Ocean—which encompasses more than 30 percent of the earth’s surface—in vessels with no ...

The primary reason why so many Tahitian tourists flock to this stretch of shoreline is the sand: While many of the island's beaches boast a volcanic black hue, La Plage de Maui dazzles in pearly white ...

Polynesia is a popular honeymoon destination, but I traveled there solo and had a wonderful time. I rented my own scooter and stayed in guesthouses, a different experience than most honeymooners.

Get a true taste of Tahiti from fresh seafood, food trucks, a historic market, and fine dining. From glamorous, overwater bungalows to coral reefs thriving with fish, French Polynesia offers unique ...

NPR is in Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics. For more of our coverage from the Games, head to our latest updates. Paris is officially hosting the summer games, but dozens of Olympians will compete at ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A delegation of Kamehameha students and teachers are putting in final practices for hula and Hawaiian protocols for a trip to Tahiti at the end of June to welcome Hōkūleʻa ...

The 52 Places Traveler visits the definition of paradise in French Polynesia — and then makes his way to his final stop: Alberta in the dead of winter. Photographs and Text by Sebastian Modak The last ...