Dateline Bora Bora Roadstead, in a driving rain: Well, I've done some research and the reason we've seen so much rain is that this is French Polynesia's rainy season. This is the soupy weather memorialized by Somerset Maugham in his short story
Rain, set in Pago Pago. See what the travel website
Lonely Planet writes:
March and April are hot and rainy.
The
U.S. News Travel website says the following about
Tahiti weather:
The best time to visit Tahiti is between May and October. (snip) Winter brings less rain and pleasant temperatures, while the summertime - November through April - can be unbearably humid and hot, not to mention rainy.
Okay, we're here at the wrong time of year. This rainy weather is normal for April, it is the final month of the tropical rainy season. Next month - May - should have nicer weather but we'll be back home by then, alas.
