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@kevinhsu8184 6 сағат бұрын
Hawaii and French Polynesia has a different feel to them. Heck, even the five Hawaiian islands are different from each other even though they are not that far apart. If you like beach and shopping (ie worry you will get bored easily), then Oahu is for you. If staying in resort the whole time is your cup of tea, I would try big island Hawaii and stay in the Kona side. Hilo side has lots of rain. Big island Hawaii actually has every climate zone which is kinda wild given the island size. It’s incredible to drive around the whole island and experience all the climate zones. Lanai is gorgeous if you are into very early on Hawaiian small village vibe. There’s not a lot to do and the whole downtown area can be walked within an hour. It’s basically a large town square and that’s it. Maui feels more like mainland. Now that Lahaina is gone, the only thing that feels mildly Hawaiian to me is road to Hana. Kauai is gorgeous. Known as the garden island because it’s very lush. Hanalei is stunning if not raining. The island is lush because it rains a lot. Tahiti feels more like an underdeveloped Oahu which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. It def has a rundown feel to the island. Bora bora is stunning. But be aware that when you stay on those stilt villas and expecting to jump into lagoon and see multitude of tropical fish, you will be very disappointed because there are no fish under those stilt villas. You have to take a boat to a specific area in the lagoon to snorkel. Vaitape is the main city on bora bora. The best part imo is in July, local people put on heiva for themselves. It’s not touristy like the one in Tahiti. If you can drop some coins, I would recommend Tetiaroa Atoll in French Polynesia. The main island has zero mosquitoes in sight. The Brando is a stunning resort. If you want to see the Spanish Hawaii, then Rapa Nui (Easter island) is a must. Lots of incredible history and culture on this island and no huge tourist crowds because they purposely don’t have many hotels and flights into the island. Now if you really enjoy Polynesian culture, then you must visit Taiwan where Polynesians immigrated from. But that’s whole another topic.
@MaryAlbritton-z9b 21 сағат бұрын
Wonderful, well produced video, that makes me want to hop on a plane now.
@kimcoffee-isaak2921 Күн бұрын
Would have appreciated a section about the people, culture, economy, politics and what tourism means to the locals in each destination.
@cybergal99 Күн бұрын
My mother grew up outside of Glasgow in the 40s .. WWII was a BIG theme in our house .. she'd talk of nightly air raids to bomb the John Brown Shipyards in Clydebank, the rationing and of course the backyard shelter where she and her 8 siblings would huddle as the bombing was happening 13 miles away. Thanks for this very informative and useful videe!
@newsocracy Күн бұрын
It’s hard to imagine what it was like then. A war so all encompassing that it affected the home front with fear and suffering too. Glad you like the video. Thanks four sharing your mother’s story.
@luvspaiste Күн бұрын
Wait- they charge an admission fee to get into St. Paul's Cathedral? That's really tacky 😕
@newsocracy Күн бұрын
You can enter without a fee if you’re attending a church service, but to explore and really see the cathedral, there’s a fee just as there is at Westminster Abbey.
@faridasidhoum4711 2 күн бұрын
🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
@sofiamiau3420 3 күн бұрын
Vive le Roi
@alextakeda2009 3 күн бұрын
good Taste! I was in 2010, Big Big one!
@LourdesA777 4 күн бұрын
I’m from Hawaii and I want to go back to Moorea.
@davidwelty9763 5 күн бұрын
While both places are beautiful, Tahiti has a decidedly 3rd world feel that Hawaii does not have.
@dan271291 7 күн бұрын
The beauty of Tahiti, is that its not Guarma.
@topfactsexplore1994 7 күн бұрын
46:58 I think this bridge can last for another ten years. !
@SKrickyOficial 8 күн бұрын
Are there many mango farms in Tahiti?
@Windmolenliefhebber Күн бұрын
As long as you got a Plan, Boah
@BraydenBell-xw9se 8 күн бұрын
Just have some gahdamn faith Arthur!
@aboyfrombhilai 9 күн бұрын
Currently reading Down and out in Paris and London. Really needed something like this.
@divineangelic2727 9 күн бұрын
Some people have alll the luck. Love the beach and clean ocean. Here on east coast dirty beach. I need lots of 💵💵💵💵💵💰💰💰💰my Christmas wish 🙏💛🥰🎁🎄🎅🏻🍰☕️💛🏝️🏖️💵🎁💋💋💋
@SoTiredzZ 10 күн бұрын
cant wait to farm mangos with my gang in Tahiti
@GrinGillis 10 күн бұрын
Wdw?
@LorraineKaai-zp8jm 10 күн бұрын
A neighbor asked me if hawaii has any casino and I told her there isn't any
@Robert-r4s4c 12 күн бұрын
In 1975, mum and i had a 15 day holiday from Australia to the US flying UTA French airlines, via Tahiti. On the way home from L.A. we had a 3 day stopover in Papeete. In 1983, we flew from Sydney to Honolulu staying 2 weeks in Hawaii. Both places were very different and enjoyable.
@lizziemcdaniel 12 күн бұрын
Great places to go when in London. I finally spent a good bit of time in Greenwich and got to see many of the wonderful attractions and history of the area! Thanks for more ideas for my next trip there!
@antoniushalim2829 15 күн бұрын
You are the chosen one. The song pick you to make it into reality. Lucky man ❤
@peb3970 18 күн бұрын
I wouldn't recommend Oahu, especially Honoulu, as a representative of Hawaii to visit.
@swatts585 20 күн бұрын
Is rhis tour still going, i would like to come next year?
@newsocracy 19 күн бұрын
It is still offered. Check out the Paris Walks website: www.paris-walks.com/index_m.html
@cathylewis2181 20 күн бұрын
This was an enjoyable video and I'm thinking about going to French Polynesia. I live on the Big Island. You should know, since you're making videos about these places, that the word Hawaii is not pronounced the same way Kauai is pronounced. You must actually pronounce the i (as an e) at the end of the word. Also, the O's in Molokai and other Hawaiian words are not pronounced as an a, instead, you give it a long O, like in the word so. So the first two syllables of Molokai are pronounced the same. Aloha!
@newsocracy 20 күн бұрын
I appreciate your comment. I love Hawaii and French Polynesia but I should be barred from attempting to speak any Polynesian language. I do attempt to get it right, mimicking online pronunciations, but by the time I record the audio multiple times, I usually botch it. I’m from a part of the country where we pronounce Biloxi as Ba-loxi and Belzoni as Belzona. Clearly, we have a thing for the letter A. But on the plus side, I didn’t completely go with my regional dialect: ha-why-yah. Thanks for watching my video. Go to French Polynesia. The lagoons more than make up for the long flight.
@dkr1988glacier 7 күн бұрын
@@newsocracy Based on those pronunciation examples, perhaps you might be from the Mississippi Delta?
@newsocracy 7 күн бұрын
@@dkr1988glacier right state, wrong region. Just over the state line 100 miles north of New Orleans. Lots of different accents in these two states. And nobody gets mad when a visitor doesn’t pronounce a name the way locals do. And we rarely pronounce them the way they are spelled.
@joeblow1942 20 күн бұрын
I’ve been stung four times by stingrays. The pain is excruciating. No way I’m petting those things and especially ones that big with barbs that are probably 6” long.
@newsocracy 20 күн бұрын
I can’t imagine experiencing that once, much less four times. Steve Irwin did come to mind, but like most tourists, I went along with the plan, assuming all is safe since hundreds do it daily. It was one a done experience for me just as high speed ocean jet skiing was on that trip. Hearing from you, in retrospect, I count myself lucky.
@joeblow1942 20 күн бұрын
@ I was stung because I stepped on them while surfing. I think I recall that Steve Irwin was stung because they believe the stingray got spooked by the filmer. I don’t want to be a downer, but those huge stingrays you guys play with are as prone to be spooked as any other fish. And unlike the little rays I stepped on with maybe 2” long barbs, the size of the barb on those monsters must be freaking huge!
@newsocracy 20 күн бұрын
@@joeblow1942 Lesson learned. I appreciate the your comments.
@matthiasschirott5005 20 күн бұрын
Very very good
@newsocracy 20 күн бұрын
Thank you. Glad you like it.
@Mike711Gia 22 күн бұрын
Great video we’re going to Maui for the first time in January. Thanks for all the information on all the islands Really cool videos 🤙🏼
@newsocracy 21 күн бұрын
Thanks for commenting. I’m glad you got some useful information out of them. Your going to have the best time in Maui.
@Echo-g2b 22 күн бұрын
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@taylop794 22 күн бұрын
Just booked my trip for next September. This video was so helpful. Thank you!
@newsocracy 22 күн бұрын
I’m so glad it was helpful. Thanks for letting me know. You’re gonna have the best time there!
@christiansvensson3571 23 күн бұрын
He lā maikaʻi iā ʻoe! / Ia au i te hoê mahana faahiahia! - Have a nice day! Greetings from Sweden. 🙂🙂
@rachelaschmitt 23 күн бұрын
What are the temperatures like this time of year? The way people were dressed, it didn't look too extremely cold.
@newsocracy 23 күн бұрын
Rachel, When I've been there, daytime temperatures haven't been a problem.I dress in layers but don't wear a heavy coat. It feels a lot colder at night usually. Their summers are a lot warmer. I assume their winters are too. Or maybe I've just been lucky.
@Windycajr 25 күн бұрын
You realize Oahu is also surrounded by reefs especially along the windward side of the island?! Sounds like you have never stepped foot outside Honolulu
@newsocracy 25 күн бұрын
Most of the islands of French Polynesia have reef walls that completely surround the islands, creating massive lagoons with calm water with little wave action. That's why surfing happens off shore at the walls. I love Oahu, but in the "island surrounding reef wall" category, FP wins. I didn't say there weren't reefs in Hawaii, just that there aren't continuous reef walls.
@makaveli1216 10 күн бұрын
Hawaii is a fringing reef. French Polynesia has barrier reefs and atolls, which are much older geologically speaking.
@Windycajr 9 күн бұрын
@makaveli1216 plenty of barrier reefs in Hawaii especially the east side of Oahu including kaneohe Bay
@BJJ808 27 күн бұрын
Tiki’s is a gay bar
@newsocracy 27 күн бұрын
Tiki’s isn’t. You’re thinking of Hula’s around the corner. Similar enough names to be confusing.
@debrafirestone861 27 күн бұрын
I want to go back to Hawaii one day I honeymooned there But it’s so expensive
@newsocracy 22 күн бұрын
I always find the best low-cost Airbnb available and I don’t eat out a lot because I don’t enjoy eating by myself. Typically, I travel alone. But I would love to go there one day with a bundle of cash and really live it up.
@jouzzo1 27 күн бұрын
I live in Raglan Nz..I take Tahiti over Hawaii anyday,I visited Oahu and lived at sunset beach.Nice spot.On that side of Oahu the best on the island.I was put off of all the homeles people everywhere.who werent traated kindly by the mainland USA.I met some genuine hawaiians 3rd genuation plus .I can feell the hawaii in them defitnetly not from the mainlandesrs who pretend to have their spirit. but not even close..Its all about $$ with them.Plus theres military presence everywhere,choppers flying by all day long.Because of all this i shorten my stay went back to my NZ home and 2 weeks later landed in Samoa.Spent nearly 3 months there from the money i saved for my hawaii trip.This was 10 years ago and probably poor Hawaii got worse..Waikiki{ ,if you like tourist in your face all the time,)i is one big rip-off,spent 2 hours there and i was out of there...All Hawaii is beautiful along wuth the originals but sadly its been spoilt from the capitalistic usa
@johnnyjoe0515 27 күн бұрын
the water in tahiti is much warmer than in hawaii.
@newsocracy 25 күн бұрын
Yes, it is. I should have mentioned that.
@rosapollard5470 29 күн бұрын
I'll take Tahiti and Moorea over Hawaii any day. My first visit was 30 years ago when Moorea was a lovely, sleepy place. I LOVE Polynesia and Polynesian Culture! Thanks for you beautiful video.
@newsocracy 23 күн бұрын
Thanks for your comment. Moorea still seems like a lovely, sleepy place to me. I've only been once, but will be back.
@guslevy3506 Ай бұрын
I plan to move to Oahu to retire away my days…prob a new condo in Ward Village since it is such a convenient lifestyle with everything nearby. But if it were purely a choice to visit for a short stay, I would choose French Polynesia. It’s hard to describe how beautiful the lagoons are, how nice it is to move around the various islands given the much lower population, the relaxed vibe of the locals compared to the envious hatred of many Hawaiian locals, and the fact that it is much easier to island hop in Tahiti. The fundamental problem for Tahiti is that the positives of a “slower” lifestyle also are a negative…there simply is not enough good medical facilities and modern conveniences to stay there long term…
@newsocracy 23 күн бұрын
I couldn't agree more.The lagoons are incredible. So spectacular that they're hard to adequately describe.The lack of modern conveniences would get to me fairly quickly, too. But I'll be willing push my stay it to the limit next time.
@djudjamarinkovic9337 Ай бұрын
Hawaii 😊
@terriegamino4415 Ай бұрын
How do you alligator proof the islands? Each chimp is such a precious soul!
@pamfromwashington Ай бұрын
You've given me so much great and enjoyable information today! I'm planning a cruise this spring, from Sydney to New Zealand and over to French Polynesia before heading to Honolulu for a flight back home. I'm watching your Sydney video next, but so far, I've got new plans thanks to you! Going to do that hop on bus and check out the aquarium and everything else. I really appreciate your great information and beautiful videos. I'm following you now!:)
@newsocracy Ай бұрын
@@pamfromwashington thanks so much, Pam. You’ve more than made my day. I’m so glad the videos are helpful. I love to travel. I want to make things that other travelers will find helpful. I envy your cruise. I hope you have the best time. Thanks for subscribing.
@TERRANCE23 Ай бұрын
2 days is more than enough.
@goombas7966 Ай бұрын
Leaving tomorrow Hawaii & Tahiti !!! Wifie 60 TH Birthday!11/18/24
@newsocracy Ай бұрын
Happy birthday! Perhaps the happiest.
@DixieLane304 4 күн бұрын
How was it? We are cruising there from LA in January.
@RocstarRagpicker Ай бұрын
Love both of you guys. Two great restaurants in a great place. Come check em out!
@geezersurf Ай бұрын
Thanks for the video. I haven't been to Tahiti for 40 years when I camped at Matira Point on Bora Bora for $2/day. The largest barrier reef (reef wall) in Hawaii is off the east side of Oahu. It stretches from Kahuku in the north to Makapu in the south and it protects most of the east side from open ocean waves.
@carysymmons983 Ай бұрын
No comparison at all. Hawaii is like Vegas with a Beach.
@konumusic Ай бұрын
How do you mean exactly?
@carysymmons983 Ай бұрын
@@konumusic - It all depends on what you are looking for.
@konumusic Ай бұрын
@@carysymmons983 I’m looking for the perspective. What about Hawaii reminds you about Vegas?
@carysymmons983 Ай бұрын
@@konumusic It is what it is. Very Western/American/Mass Tourism. It is what some folks like, it's just not my cup of tea. It's kool if folks luv it :) Cheers
@konumusic Ай бұрын
@ Mahalo. Not your cup of tea Is a fair and much clearer statement. I live in one and frequently visit family in the other two. All three are extremely unique and more vibrant after you crack the surface. Thanks for the perspective 🙏🏽🤙🏽
@JindaSukbunma Ай бұрын
I aways Dream some day’s I would’ Be in 🌺 Hawaii”
@jerrilynnbuechley1172 Ай бұрын
No comparisons! French Polynesia is a world of it’s own plus french food!!
@Pasovineyard Ай бұрын
See you in Fatu Hiva