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Zero flies to French Polynesia to relax at luxury resort |
2017-03-16 |
[Telegraph] Where do you go if you recently handed over the reins to one of the most stressful jobs in the world, have memoirs worth $60 million (£49 million) to write, and have a new-found love of kitesurfing? For Barack Obama, the answer is French Polynesia. The former US president slipped quietly into Tahiti by private jet yesterday, touching down at Faa’a International Airport near the capital of Papeete at about 3.30pm. He is expected to stay in French Polynesia for the next month, but his initial visit to Tahiti was a short one. According to local television channel Tahiti Nui TV, Mr Obama left the island just 30 minutes later aboard a smaller, private plane bound for eco-luxe resort The Brando on the nearby atoll of Tetiaroa. Formerly the Tahitian royal family's favourite retreat, Tetiaroa later became the home of legendary actor Marlon Brando, who bought parts of the idyllic atoll in the 1960s. |
Posted by:Besoeker |
#12 Stopped at the Judge's to make sure he could get home? |
Posted by: Skidmark 2017-03-16 23:36 |
#11 An expensive vacation to an exotic location and lots of golf...sounds like he never left office... |
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2017-03-16 22:55 |
#10 Coincidence; Obama had a quick stop in Hawaii 48 Hours before the Judge blocked Trump's travel ban, only minutes away from the Judges home. Suspicious to me. Before flying to French Polynesia A bit more scenic than Sky Harbor Airport. |
Posted by: Besoeker 2017-03-16 19:08 |
#9 Coincidence; Obama had a quick stop in Hawaii 48 Hours before the Judge blocked Trump's travel ban, only minutes away from the Judges home. Suspicious to me. Before flying to French Polynesia |
Posted by: Jan 2017-03-16 18:59 |
#8 #3 Too bad there was no Hellcat around. For some reason, that reminds me of this bit from Neil Stephenson's Cryptonomicon. No implications, just random association. |
Posted by: SteveS 2017-03-16 15:39 |
#7 Social activism pays well. Atavism. The word is atavism... |
Posted by: M. Murcek 2017-03-16 15:19 |
#6 He'll be much too busy to pay attention to events back home, which is as it should be... and Mrs. Obama can no doubt organize the household to her satisfaction much better without him underfoot. I foresee a great many such solo trips until the money runs out. |
Posted by: trailing wife 2017-03-16 14:45 |
#5 |
Posted by: 3dc 2017-03-16 13:49 |
#4 Social activism pays well. |
Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-03-16 13:16 |
#3 Too bad there was no Hellcat around. |
Posted by: JFM 2017-03-16 10:57 |
#2 Just keep thinking of Harry Truman driving himself back to Missouri. |
Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-03-16 09:55 |
#1 Atoll of Tetiaroa -16.997598, -149.582602 |
Posted by: Skidmark 2017-03-16 08:51 |