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PAPEETE, CITY OF TAHITI, FRENCH POLYNESIA
Smell | Sight | Pedestrians' Nightmare | Temura Dance | Showdown | Street Markets | Fish Market | Polynesian Women | Do what the tourists do | Paul Gauguin | Tiara Tahiti | Rendezvous Night | New Year's Eve Nightmare | At the airport | Reflections on Papeete | Countdown at departure gate | Finally taking off
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Fish Market

I spent the best part of a day watching the fish market bargaining for whole lot of half-foot long tuna fish hanging on countless racks. There are also rolls of Tahitians elderly women who sat around netting and moving their hands in well-practised combinations to produce intricate flower tiara, hats, flower necklaces, in which three lovelies showed me various ways of tying a pareo. Not so useful for men though, but interesting to watch and learn.