Taiohae on the south coast of Nuku Hiva, 875 mi/1,400 km northeast of Tahiti, is the administrative center for French Polynesia's Marquesas Islands. Many 19th-century vestiges of French ...

I was arriving on a soft pink dawn at Nuku Hiva, the largest of French Polynesia ... For years, I resisted cruises. The idea of spending several days on a big ship in the middle of the ocean ...