Stories from Tahiti
With more pictures from Paradise

Tahiti - Dreamy blue seas, gentle breezes, hula skirts, sexy smiles and aimless mirth, but the French brought trouble to paradise when they started nuclear testing in the South Pacific. An in-depth look at the turmoil in Trouble in Paradise, or take a satirical tour of the protests in No Boom Boom here please.

Tahiti - Gauguin, Michener and Keith Moon had it right. Centuries after Captain Cook stopped by, the stunning islands of French Polynesia remain a timeless paradise for tourists seeking sand, serenity and clear blue seas in the South Pacific Paradise

 * all pictures, unless otherwise credited, by Ron Gluckman