Rangiroa is a laid-back Pacific paradise full of underwater wonders, including a bevy of shark species. One of the largest atolls in the world, the island lies 200 miles northeast of Tahiti in French ...

Reporting from RANGIROA, FRENCH POLYNESIA — “Hey, I just realized this doesn’t have auto-correct,” my husband, Jeff, said as he was scribbling on the first page of the journal we just had purchased at ...

I knew that I've traveled way too far and way too long when, two years ago on a long, South Pacific cruise, I went back to Rangiroa – one of the truly most remote places on Earth – and actually knew ...

After a couple of years traveling to French Polynesia, I began to notice that the territory's resort hotels are generally populated by two types of visitors: those that are pleased to be there, and ...

Twice a day the tide changes on this South Seas atoll, and when it does, 8- to 12-foot-tall waves churn through Tiputa Pass, creating a thunder of clashing water, riptides and whirlpools that can kill ...

"Hey, I just realized this doesn’t have auto-correct,” my husband, Jeff, said as he was scribbling on the first page of the journal we had just purchased at Los Angeles International Airport. Our new ...

Twice a day the tide changes here on this South Seas atoll, and when it does, 8- to 12-foot-tall waves churn through Tiputa Pass, creating a thunder of clashing water, riptides and whirlpools that can ...

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