Tahiti

I want to take off for the Tahitian Islands. I've watched three Food Network shows now, and they've all been based on one island or another. The No Reservations one was filmed on Tahiti, and if I didn't want to go badly enough before, I certainly do now!

He was feasting on a fresh salad mixture of coconut crab and various green goodies, with some really scrumptious-looking nuts and stuff. Fresh snapper for dinner, rolled in banana leaves and cooked on an open fire on the beach. A big bucket of icy beers. I am so there.

Then of course, the camera panned out onto the ocean, a most incredible blue. Palm trees swaying in the wind, white and coral-colored sands and the most magnificent sunset ever captured on film.

Now, I know from having visited other such places that there is always a little annoying downside to such paradise (such as spiny sea urchins in the shallows, which can give you a very nasty case of the itchies and swell up your feet or hands to the size of basketballs if you're not careful). There's also the cost of getting to said islands.

I checked online for pricing, just to stave off my curiosity about what such a trip might cost for my hubby and I. Well. At almost $2500 each just for airfare, I'm pretty certain we won't be flying out of Kentucky for Tahiti any time soon. 

I'll have to settle for traveling armchair express for a while, I'm afraid. And, for right now, I'm content with that.