A South Pacific Odyssey: An Account of a 1957 Trip to the South Pacific

afternoon American appeared arrived asked attractive beautiful bicycles boat Bora boys building called Captain carried church clothes coconut colourful completely dance dancers decided deck Dick dressed drink English enjoyed feet felt fish floor flowers four French friends front gave girls hand head interesting island Jimmy joined land later laughed leaving lived looked lovely miles morning mountain Myrtle native never night officers once Panama Papeete passed passengers picture Poia Polynesian reached Resurgent returned road Samoa seemed seen ship Shirley short side smiled soon spoke started stay stopped street surprised swim Tahiti Tahitian talking things thought told took town trees trip turned vahines village walked wandered wanted watching wife women young