Tuamotus
Island chain in French PolynesiaWikipedia
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Sep 25, 2026
Peter GreenbergGUEST
And you see the French influence in Morea and Huahine and Taha and, of course, Bora Bora.
Peter GreenbergGUEST
But once you get out to the Tuamotus and you get out to those islands, It's a brave new world and it's phenomenal.
Peter GreenbergGUEST
When did it start? When did you wrap? Well, from the beginning of getting it going to the time we finished shooting it, it was about a year.
Peter GreenbergGUEST
The actual time of shooting it, about 12 days.
Lucy IrvineGUEST
You know, they went right the way from one side of it to the other via the Calapagos.
Lucy IrvineGUEST
Tahiti, the Marquesas, Tuamotus, I mean, you name it, they went there, and all when it was totally undeveloped.
Lucy IrvineGUEST
I mean, there were six yachts in the harbour in Pepit in Tahiti.
Lucy IrvineGUEST
Imagine that now.
MoenauGUEST
So we have about 118 islands total in French Polynesia, and we are a group in five different groups of islands.
MoenauGUEST
So we have the Society Islands, the Tuamotu Islands, the Marquesas Islands, the Austral Islands, and the Gambiate Islands.
MoenauGUEST
So five different groups of islands.
MoenauGUEST
And each, the Society Islands are the main ones.
MoenauGUEST
It's funny because, you know, all, like I said earlier, I mentioned the five group of islands.
MoenauGUEST
You know what? Each group of islands have their own, like, type of islands.
MoenauGUEST
Like, for example, in the Tuamotu Islands, there's no mountain at all.
MoenauGUEST
They're all atolls.
NathanGUEST
We knew, we just, we, we, you know, we were more prepared with every journey.
NathanGUEST
You know, it was, it was there to, uh, to French Polynesia, and honestly, French Polynesia is actually three different island groups, so you know, you jump from the Societies to Tuamotus, and Tuamotus to Marquesas, and each one of those is four days.
Jeff MozerHOST
Mm-hmm.
NathanGUEST
Um, and then from there, we went to Hawaii, and Hawaii to BC.
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NathanGUEST
Um, but we didn't know, and I mean, sitting here talking right now, I mean, there was just three active hurricanes in the Pacific right next to each other, right? Like we didn't know that the El Niño year was gonna be as aggressive as it was.
Jeff MozerHOST
Mm-hmm.
NathanGUEST
So we did spend, we spent almost five months in French Polynesia, uh, between the Society Islands and then the Tuamotus and then the Marquesas.
Jeff MozerHOST
Oh, that's nice.
HollyGUEST
Oh, I love French Polynesia.
HollyGUEST
I spent two years there, and I spent one year just in the Tuamotus.
HollyGUEST
And when I left, I knew it was time to keep going, but the whole trip to New Zealand, I just, I kept dreaming about it, and dreaming that I was going back, and wishing that I was still there.
HollyGUEST
And it, it still just remains this, yeah, it's like the Holy Grail in my, in my mind.
KeaoGUEST
But what's unique about this here in the Hawaiian Islands is that you don't really see this kind of structure, this type of architecture with the stand-up sandstone that's really reflective of the type of architecture that's done in the South Pacific.
KeaoGUEST
Places like around Tahiti, Marquesas, Tuamotu Islands, these are different elements of different cultures from Eastern Polynesia.
Scott WolterHOST
So they brought that here?
KeaoGUEST
That technology.
Larry GelwixHOST
And by the way, Nuku Hiva has a 1,000-foot waterfall.
Larry GelwixHOST
Now, so you have those two groups, and then you have the Tuamotu Archipelago, mostly uninhabited islands.
Larry GelwixHOST
You have the Austral group and the Gambier group, sparsely populated.
Larry GelwixHOST
But you talk about, oh, my gosh, there is something captivating about the South Pacific.