Touring French Polynesia’s Austral Islands via Cargo Ship? This Setup Really Works

Touring French Polynesia’s Austral Islands via Cargo Ship? This Setup Really Works
The port and village of Moerai, Rurutu Island, Austral islands Tubuai Islands, French Polynesia. Dreamstime/TNS
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By Scott Laird From TravelPulse

It almost felt like a scene out of the movie musical South Pacific. Our landing craft—a World War II vintage front-loader—alighted onto the sugar-sand beach with a soft thump, and we stepped off into the crowd of musicians and women with armfuls of flower leis.