olynesian traditions defined by the sea have come vibrant music, dance, arts, practices of sourcing food from marine life and the land, and the Tahitian language to French culture, language, and sophisticated cuisine, the best of both worlds come together."} 61:{"type":"img","width":"640","height":"482","href":"https://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2025/12/29/id5963682-tad122825cdAP-1200x903.jpg","src":"https://img.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2025/12/29/id5963682-tad122825cdAP-1200x903.jpg","text":"A bookcase at the James Norman Hall Museum in Tahiti displays Hall's personal copies of \"Mutiny on the Bounty\" and other books he coauthored with Charles Nordhoff. (Athena Lucero0)","align":"alignnone"} 63:T4c8,This road trip was the introduction I needed to learn the island’s lay of the land before diving deeper and beyond. The most beautiful takeaway was seeing—with my own eyes—the generous and happy people of Tahiti in their island paradise.

When You Go

Learn more about Tahiti and Nordhoff Adventure: TahitiTourisme.com Point Venus Lighthouse: TahitiTourisme.com James Norman Hall Museum: JamesNormanHall.com Restaurants and lodgings are also available along the Circle Tour: TahitiTourisme.com Where I stayed in Papeete: Hilton Hotel Tahiti: Hilton.com Air Tahiti Nui: My eight-hour nonstop midnight flight from Los Angeles delivered me to Tahiti just before sunrise: AirTahitiNui.com62:{"type":"p","text":"$63"} 64:{"type":"p","text":"Athena Lucero is a freelance writer. To

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