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Polynesia Camping Hammock
November 27th, 2007 by admin
French Polynesia camping hammock wants you to know its closer than you think. That island group, dominated by Tahiti, long celebrated by painters and authors and still controlled by France, is about an eight-hour flight from the Los Angeles International Airport, which makes it just two hours farther than Hawaii.
“Most people think it’s farther. Some think its 15 hours,” laments Judy Lynes, spokeswoman for Tahiti Tourism, the government tourist office. These islands have classic tropical scenery, comfortable hammocks and beaches that five decades ago inspired James Michener’s “Tales of the South Pacific.” In part because its prices are so high and their location is so remote, Polynesia’s high-profile Society Islands (most notably Tahiti, Moorea and Bora- Bora) get fewer worldwide tourists in a year (about 165,000) than Hawaii gets in a good week.
