Tahiti before tourists came
“Polynesia: Afloat on Society’s Fringe” [Oct. 19] brought back memories: In October 1964, on the way to Australia, I flew UTA French Airlines to Tahiti. Upon landing, I was surprised to find myself welcomed as Tahiti’s first American jet tourist. It was night, and they put me up in a lovely hotel on Papeete’s outskirts, where I awoke to a virgin paradise.
Papeete was different then. I moved to the Green Hotel, six rustic rooms on the waterfront, with Stirling Hayden’s Wanderer moored beside it.
Jack Carpenter
San Juan Capistrano
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