- We did this dive twice on two consecutive days to hit the incoming tide just right. This dive ranks alongside Fakarava’s South Pass as one of the Tuamotus’ best.
- Leaving Gambier Isles astern. A few days later weather looked ok for the sail north-westwards 470 miles to Hau in the Tuamotus.
- We spent a few months in the Tuamotus, and would gladly return, because the water is beautiful and the living is easy.
- Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tuamotus's national animal is the Unicorn.
- The Tuamotus are the largest chain of atolls in the world, located in the Pacific Ocean, in French Polynesia. The area has about the size of Western Europe.
- For non divers, fantastic lagoon excursions beckon. The main islands of the Tuamotus Islands are Rangiroa, Fakarava, Manihi, Tikehau, Makemo and Mataiva.
- Starr at RangiroaThey eat dogs in the Tuamotus, at least in Rotoava, Fakarava. We were told that they eat dogs, but we thought that meant in years long past.
- They were an ocean-going people who sailed on large canoes from their small villages (the Tuamotus cannot, in general, support large populations).
- The Tuamotus, officially known as the Tuamotu Archipelago, are a chain of just under 80 islands and atolls in the southern Pacific Ocean, belonging to French...