This Tahiti Nui review was written by Hawaii travel expert Marcie Cheung ... If I had brought my kids, they probably would ...

In 1980, Thompson became the first Hawaiian in six centuries to navigate to Tahiti without a compass or other modern instruments — a span of about 2,700 miles (4,300 kilometers). Thompson ...

(AP Photo/Mengshin Lin)AP Abraham "Snake" Ah Hee, a member of Hokulea's first return trip from Tahiti to Hawaii in 1976, center, drinks "awa" or kava, during Hokulea's 50th birthday commemoration ...