INTERNET AND PHONES

INTERNET
 

There is Internet access on the Paul Gauguin, but is very slow - you may wish to log on while you are on shore.  The following is the best information I have at this time on the Internet access on shore.  If you have any further information, please call me and share it with me for the benefit of future passengers.  Thank you.

Internet Cafés in Tahiti

Papeete

Tiki Soft "Cyber" Café

Pont de l'Est in Papeete

Hours: Monday – Friday: 7:30 a.m. – midnight; Saturday: 6:00 p.m. – 1:00 a.m.; Sunday: Closed.

Cost: 250 cfp per 15 minutes (approx. $2.50 USD per 15 minutes)

Moorea

Moorea Vision

Cook's Bay

Cost: 500 cfp per 30 minutes (approx. $5.00 USD per 30 minutes)

Maria Tapas – Cyber Bodega – this is where the crew goes since it is so close to the ship.  After exiting the tender and you get to the main road, make a left – it is about a 10-minute walk on the right-hand side in a building – it is actually a café.  Keyboard is different.  Slow connection.

Cost: 250 cfp per 15 minutes

Moorea Net

Across from Club Med

Cost: 500 cfp per 15 minutes (approx. $5.00 USD for 15 minutes)

Bora Bora

One terminal located in the Patisserie just north of ferry dock in Vaitape.  Sorry, I do not have prices but probably similar to those listed above.

PHONES

The easiest way to use the phone is to purchase a prepaid phone card once you have arrived in Tahiti.  These are sold in many places, including some of the souvenir shops.  Instructions are on the back and they are easy to use.  I have yet to find a calling card that works in Tahiti – that doesn’t mean yours will not work, it just means that mine never have.  Calling from the ship is very expensive.  With extensive port time, it is better to call; Calling from the ship is very expensive.  With extensive port time, it is better to call; Calling from the ship is very expensive.  With extensive port time, it is better to call; Calling from the ship is very expensive.  With extensive port time, it is better to call; Calling from the ship is very expensive.  With extensive port time, it is better to call; Calling from the ship is very expensive.  With extensive port time, it is better to call from shore unless it is worth it to you for the convenience.

Raiatea:  Public phone booth behind the bar on the dock on the main road out of town.

Taha'a:  No phones on the Motu.

Bora Bora:  Phones are pretty easy to locate – one outside the post office and several in the little town.

Moorea:  Phones are pretty easy to locate – one right at the dock where you get the rent cars.