Overwater Bungalow
Our room for 3 nights at the Pearl Beach Resort on a secluded coral reef near the small island of Tikehau. I am always thrilled by the Polynesian architecture and interior design. The rooms utilize native materials such as bamboo, woven fibers, driftwood, and various varnished hardwoods. There is no sheetrock or paint to be found anywhere. The overwater rooms are designed with space between the top of the wall and the roof so the trade winds can naturally cool the room. Invariably they have a glass panel or two in the floor and a light below the room so you can view and feed the sea life from inside. At night you are lulled to sleep by the gentle waves below and the tropical breeze blowing through the thatched roof above.
Outside, there is always a generous deck with lounge chairs and stairs down to a lower level deck and access to a shallow water lagoon. Tossing a morsel of food off the deck creates a feeding frenzy from the fish that hang out in the coral below the room. During midday schools of various types of fish crowd under every square inch of the room shadows because as it turns out fish prefer shade and this is about all the shade there is.
www.spmhotels.com/resort/tikehau
Overwater Bungalow
Our room for 3 nights at the Pearl Beach Resort on a secluded coral reef near the small island of Tikehau. I am always thrilled by the Polynesian architecture and interior design. The rooms utilize native materials such as bamboo, woven fibers, driftwood, and various varnished hardwoods. There is no sheetrock or paint to be found anywhere. The overwater rooms are designed with space between the top of the wall and the roof so the trade winds can naturally cool the room. Invariably they have a glass panel or two in the floor and a light below the room so you can view and feed the sea life from inside. At night you are lulled to sleep by the gentle waves below and the tropical breeze blowing through the thatched roof above.
Outside, there is always a generous deck with lounge chairs and stairs down to a lower level deck and access to a shallow water lagoon. Tossing a morsel of food off the deck creates a feeding frenzy from the fish that hang out in the coral below the room. During midday schools of various types of fish crowd under every square inch of the room shadows because as it turns out fish prefer shade and this is about all the shade there is.
www.spmhotels.com/resort/tikehau