Tahiti (Papeete) French P - Day 34

Papeete means ‘water basket’. The island is 492 square miles, there are 190,000 people on the island who mostly live in the capital city. The unemployment is 16%. Everyone wants to work for the government. Tahiti and Faa’a means big valley. Ocean front property - Taina Marina- “Gardena flower” tide is 1-2 feet in bad weather. There are 250 inches of rain a year mostly from May-Oct - the winter is cold for locals. Locals believe in one god tatuia - Marea temple. Gasoline is about $6.00 per gallon $1.59 per liter. The country practices socialized medicine. HA - breath of life - Ha ole without the breath of life. . But Haole has become a derogatory term in recent years.Read more