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This digital document is an article from Cruise Travel, published by World Publishing, Co. (Illinois) on May 1, 2003. The length of the article is 2834 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Citation Details
Title: Tahiti: paradise found aboard the sail-cruisers of Windstar. (Cruise of the Month).(Product/Service Evaluation)
Author: Jim Kerr
Publication: Cruise Travel (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 1, 2003
Publisher: World Publishing, Co. (Illinois)
Volume: 24 Issue: 6 Page: 44(5)Article Type: Product/Service EvaluationDistributed by Thompson Gale
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LIKE A SENSUOUS SIREN, TAHITI and Polynesia have been calling outsiders back since the first Europeans happened upon these South Pacific Islands in the 1500s. After only a day or two, you begin to understand the oft-repeated comparison of this place to "paradise," where everything--from lush and soaring tropical islands to a warm, turquoise sea--tantalizes the senses like some bright and fragrant Garden of Eden. A perception of paradisiacal innocence, where a harmony from centuries gone by seems to linger among warm and appealing people and the world they live in, also contributes to the powerful attraction of the place. While no one knows for sure, this may be what drove Fletcher Christian back after he led a mutiny...
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