The Marquesas? Where? Oh, French Polynesia...
When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. One of the perks of working for a company that promotes travel is every once in a while, you get lucky. Back in January — I'm super behind on these — I managed to make my own lemonade and brought my mom along to make it a bit sweeter. With a phone call on a cold Monday morning, I asked my mom if she wanted to go on a two-week-long cruise to French Polynesia. Miraculously, she called me back an hour later saying yes and come Wednesday morning, we were on the plane to meet up in Los Angeles and continue on our way to Tahiti. When our plane touched down at Fa'a'ā International Airport in Tahiti at 3 a.m. with leis around our necks, we met up with the group of adventurous individuals. We would be together for a 13-day cruise with three pre-nights in Tahiti through Road Scholar aboard the Aranui 5. Including my mom and I, there were ten other travels along with our Group Leader. Following a 20 minute drive, we arrived at Le Meridi...
