 The Haumana cruises Rangiroa Lagoon (above); Haumana crew member Evelyn wears a natural tiara (right); Villagers sleep in over-water houses when mosquitoes abound on land (right) |
 After going barefoot and feeling fancy free in tantalizing Tahiti for several days on a catamaran cruise, Tricia Welsh wonders if working on this sleek vessel might just be the most ideal lifestyle.
Cruising around the palm-fringed motus or islands of Rangiroa atoll in the Tuamoto Archipelago of French Polynesia takes a lot of beating -- particularly with an idyllic climate, constant sunshine and peaceful vignettes of a slow-paced island life – all played out around an impossibly blue lagoon.
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