Summary Beginning of the journey in Papeete: Raphaël has arrived to his hotel (houses on stilts): on the morning he meets Mariama Bono, a painter and they have a walk at Papara, black sand beach and many surfers.Then they go to the market: they see breadfruits, taros, coconuts , fishes and crabs.On the next day Raphaël travels to Haapiti (Moorea) where he meets Heifara Dutertre, a marine guide: they speak about the whales which live in Polynesia from end of July to November.They make a boat tour and then snorkeling among the rays and some little sharks. After that Raphaël travel with Taievau (Hervé) Maraetaata (to the Papenoo Valley: there they meet Papa Maonu and Mama Maonu who take care for the landscapes: the grow fruits trees and medicinal herbs.On the next day Raphaël travel to Rangiroa (Tuamotu Archipelago), where he meets Vladimir Brouillet , a fisherman and diver.Raphaël learns that Vladimir is the son of the French actress Marina Vlady.They make a boat tour and fish a tuna fish.Back to the village they meet Marc Delecluse who prepares the tuna fish with coconut milk and lemon juice and eat fish.Later Raphaël goes with Laurent and they visit the pearl oysters farm (400-450 hectares in the sea: they come back to the oyster workshop where Matthieu Moussours implanted the oysters with beads: then they have to wait two years and maybe they will get the perfect pearl.On the next day Raphaël goes with Marc for a boat tour, they see some dolphins and then they dive among the sea turtles. Back to Papeete Raphaël meets Nicolas Perez, on the port Raphaël speaks with Fatiarau, the female captain of the Faafaite double canoe who is teaching to people to navigate without instruments.Then Nicolas and Raphaël arrive at a marae (sacred place) where the strong men are training (throwing the javelin, lifting big stones): there are also traditional Tahitian dances.On the next Raphaël meets again Miriama and they pay a visit to Tumata Robinson (fondatrice de la troupe Tahiti Ora): they see how the dancers prepare their costumes and then they enjoy a spectacle of traditional Tahitian dances. Besides we see zooms about the sanctuary for whales and sharks, about the study of the dolphins, about the rescue center for sea turtles, about the traditional dances in Nukuiva, about the va'a (the Polynesian canoe), about the surfing, about the Teahupoo big surfing waves, about the breadfruit tree and its uses , about the island of Hiva Oa (Brel, Gauguin, the female painter, the wild horses) and about the Mormon Church in Tahiti.

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