A Tahitian Treat

Bonjour, and greetings from the island of Tahiti in French Polynesia. I’m sitting at the food court of the airport writing this. my flight doesn’t leave for another twelve and a half hours, but I’m at the airport for good reason. My hotel for the night was within walking distance of the airport. I took …

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Chloe, This Is Jack! I Need to Deactivate the Bomb!!!

While I’m traveling solo, it doesn’t mean I don’t have a support network behind me helping me. in particular, i’d like to give a shout out to my friend Amy, who is back in Minnesota. She sort of serves as the Chloe to my Jack Bauer. (and I am so like Jack Bauer). I’ve called …

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Numb3rs

I’m safe on Tahiti. Its dark and I can’t see anything other than how bad I’m getting robbed. I’ll get to that in a second. The currency in French Polynesia and all French Pacific Territories is the Pacific Franc (XPF). The Euro is sort of on a 1-to-1 ratio with the dollar. By that I …

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