travel south pacific french polynesia tahiti papeete around the city
Papeete is the capitol of French Polynesia.
Guide books say there wasn't even a village here until the 1820s when Queen Pomare set up headquarters along the shore and merchant ships and whalers began using the harbor.
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TRAVEL: 2007
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Skyline, Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia, 2007.
Skyline, Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia, 2007.
The waterfront, Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia, 2007.
Street scene, Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia, 2007.
Along rue de Generale De Gaulle, Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia, 2007.
Street scene, Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia, 2007.
Street vender, Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia, 2007.
Shop window, Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia, 2007.
Quiet local, Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia, 2007.
Evening comes to the waterfront, Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia, 2007.
Four-masted sailing ship at night along the waterfront, Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia, 2007.
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