Archive for the 'Tahiti' Category

Backing for Tahiti

It has been an amazing week in Tahiti. They held the Billabong Pro at Teahupo'o, with waves in the 8 to 10 ft. range. One day, they had to cancel and it was. THE DAY REPLAYED – Brazil and Russia followed Portugal into the last eight of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Ravenna/Italy 2011 [...]

Funding cuts threaten French Polynesian media and tourism

The discovery of around 100bn tons off the coast of Hawaii and Tahiti could spark a battle over ownership. The minerals unearthed – gadolinium, lutetium, terbium and dysprosium – are used to make hi-tech goods, such as flat-screen televisions, Set on one of Tahiti's most beautiful white sandy beaches, Le Meridien Tahiti exists as a [...]