Paul Gauguin spent the last dozen years of his life in the islands of French Polynesia and it’s the art he produced there for which he is best known....

Honolulu’s transit system is in the news again and it’s not good news. The powers-that-be have once again revised the cost estimate—upward, of course—and no one has any clear idea...

On my first trip to Tahiti, the flight from Honolulu arrived late at night and my first real look at that exotic island had to wait until the next morning....

True or False: the Hawaiian Islands were first discovered in 1778 by English navigator/explorer, Captain James Cook. True, you say? Sorry, for that statement to be true, it must be...

Back around 1970, a fellow named George Wray had settled in American Samoa and founded South Pacific Island Airways. Initially, SPIA was one small single-engine plane that flew people back...

I was exchanging emails the other day with a friend and the subject was unforgettable travel experiences. Whether we travel a lot and visit exotic destinations, or less often and...

Driving home from town this afternoon, I was enjoying some Tahitian music on one of the local radio stations and it brought back some wonderful memories of our several visits...