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 Breadfruit in Tahiti by easyoar
The Mutiny on the Bounty is pretty well known around the world, and this took place in Tahiti. A large part of the reason for the mutiny were that the sailors had fallen for the asy charms and beauty of the Tahitian women and didn't want to leave them. However another factor was down to breadfruit!
Being starchy, it is high in carbohydrates (which are good for giving you energy when you are doing physically demanding tasks). In 1787 when the HMS Bounty landed in Tahiti, breadfruit was therefore considered a good food source for the Caribbean slaves. The job of the sailors on the Bounty was to collect breadfruit plants to export to the Caribbean. This they spent 6 months doing. The sailors liked breadfruit as it tasted like bread. However when they found out that some of their drinking water during the voyage was to be used to water the breadfruit, this caused great unrest and was another factor in the mutiny!
Ironically when the breadfruit trees were finally delivered to the Caribbean on a later expedition, the slaves disliked the taste of the breadfruit so much, they refused to eat it! Leave a Comment
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 Papaya Fruit by easyoar
In Britain, Papaya is considered a bit of a delicacy, and you pay a lot for it as you can't gow it over here.
In the Pacific reason, it seems to be about as common as apples are here, and it is often used to make into juice. It is quite a watery juice and is very refreshing. Typically the inside of the fruit (and the juice) have a pinky colour. Leave a Comment
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 Fruit sellers on the side of
the road by easyoar
We bought some small bananas, which tasted so much better than anything you can buy in the shops back in the UK. They had probably only ben picked a few hours before!
If we had had our cooking facilities, we would probably have bought a bit more besides! The bananas do make handy snacks for when you are on the move too. Leave a Comment
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 Coconuts growing in the
wild by easyoar
However when you see coconuts in Tahiti (and elsewhere), they are green (rioening to brown), softer and much bigger, so you tend to wonder at first if they are a different species! They aren't. The two are the same, but what happens is the fibrous exterior is stripped off the nut (to make it smaller and lighter to ship).
Very little is wasted of the coconut. The milk can be drunk, the inside can be made into dessicated coconut, the husk can be used to burn or for making textile materials of. It is therefore considered vry versatile and highly valued. Leave a Comment
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 Flowering Indian Figs by easyoar
These fruits are very tasty, but also very full of pips. When picking them, they are also very spikey, so take care. I remember helping a friend of mine pick some once in Cyprus, and he had a special implement that was a long stick with a small cup shaped object on the end. You put the cup over the fruit you want, and twist. Off comes the fruit in the cup. He was up a ladder, and was dropping the fruits out of the cup into my hands to catch. After catching one or two fruits, I suddenly realised my hands were full of small thorns, which he found highly amusing, and I found somewhat less so!
Due to the high number of pips, they are very good for making you regular (as a doctor might say!). The fruit is also quite watery so would be a good source of liquid in a dry climate. Leave a Comment
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 Coconut growing on the
beach by easyoar
I have no idea how old this was, I would guess about a year or so. Coconuts palms grow all over French Polynesia (although this picture was taken on Moorea), so this is a fairly common thing to see. The baby coconut just sprouts where the old coconut landed when it fell off the tree. Leave a Comment
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 Polynesian Hangover by easyoar
Looks like a few Polynesians had a bit of a party the night before, and left their empties behind afterwards! Looks like Rum and Coke, Tahiti Drink and Bud are the order of the day!
Moorea is famous for its lack of litter, so seeing this was all the more unusual... Leave a Comment
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 by Angelamtp1Leave a Comment
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If u want a real polynesian tattoo, go and see Taniera. He has a tattoo shop in Haapiti (Moorea) and he's a real tattoo artist. Before doing ur tattoo, he'll explain u the meaning and representation of the 4 elements in polynesian tradition. Call him first cos u'll have to fix an appointment for ur tattoo. If u want a tattoo from his collection, it shouldnt take to long. If u want a very special tattoo that he'll have to draw especially for u, he might ask u to come back once more. U can call him: (689) 56.16.98 or send him an email: tanieratattoo@mail.pf Leave a Comment
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 by yeah_baby
BEST TIME TO GO:
Although year round tropical weather makes this an ideal vacation spot many prefer to visit during June to October because it's drier and cooler. You might want to avoid the Holiday season (Christmas to early January) and the weeks of Spring Break to avoid rise in traffic,airfare and accommodations may be difficult. Although diving is consistently good throughout the year, the best times I find are from April through November. Leave a Comment
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