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Date: 2004/12/7
It becomes the destination of my honeymoon because there is only few Taiwanese has been Tahiti. We are not celebrities, just want to visit somewhere special to us. Tahiti is a mysterious place for most of Taiwanese, even for most of Asian. No Chinese travel guide, no travel agent to ask for help, no one knows where is Tahiti, and most of my friends never heard about it.
But, Tahiti is always on Top 10 best destination for anything, Top 10 Paradises, Top 10 Honeymoon Trips, Top 10 Romantic, all of these have Tahiti on them. My wife wanted to go to the famous Heart of Voh in New Caledonia, but it is really a challenge to go there from Taiwan and nothing else is really worth to visit for my honeymoon. So we decided to go to Taihiti.
We transferred via Los Angeles because our cruise, the six-star motorship Paul Gauguin, has an optional air package. It cost much less than transferred via Auckland by ourselves, but it took 2 hours longer if not counted 3 hours waiting for transit at LAX. We stay in LA for 2 nights then fly to Tahiti in the third morning of my honeymoon.
After 8 and a half hours we arrived Faaa International Airport in Taihiti. Faaa is quite different from our images about international airports. As soon as we get off the plane, a mini band playing Polynesian music welcomed us. The small arrival custom hall decorated with a large Gauguinian wall painting. I made a mistake to go to a line only for EU residents. I said sorry for passing the wrong line. The custom officer said, "That's ok, you are in paradise."