Hiva Oa might just be the South Pacific island you've been dreaming of. Vistas of Technicolor greens and blues are punctuated by the birdsong and throaty rooster crows competing with heavenly church ...

It’s high noon on the island of Hiva Oa, and I’m marinating in the sweet stench of fermenting mangoes, papayas, breadfruits, and bananas that hang in the dense jungle air like perfumed exhaust. I’m so ...

Travelers go in search of little known Tiki sites on the Marquesas. May 21, 2009— -- Maps point to imaginary roads. Locals direct travelers "over there." But for true adventurers, the hunt for ...

“Gauguin was a revolutionary,” says my tour guide Tim as we drive through the rainforests of Hiva Oa. “He fought against the local church, he fought for the rights of us Marquesans. He lived according ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract A new species, Wikstroemia johnplewsii, is described and illustrated. This distinctive species is restricted to upper montane mesic to wet ...

Wearing choker necklaces made of boar tusks, traditionally tattooed Marquesan men fiercely grunt performing the “Pig Dance” alongside a hallowed banyan tree where cannibals buried skulls of ...