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# Pape'ete Country forums / Pacific Islands & Papua New Guinea
samara400 05:44 UTC 04 May 2010 | Just a warning about Pape'ete on Sundays. I spent the day in the capitol last week. LP says the market is happening, with lots of locals around on Sunday mornings. This is wrong. The place is a morgue. I was very dissappointed, no restuarants were open, no tourist junk shops. Avoid the place on a Sunday if your making a special trip, Samara |
silvanocat 15:29 UTC 04 May 2010 | LOL - I guess Lonely Planet hasn't been there on a Sunday and is quoting the expert advice of others who haven't been there on a Sunday. I suspect there may be or may have been a local farmers/fishermans market very early on Sunday at the market. I noticed in the other thread that someone mentioned that the market opens at 5 am. It does open early but at first there is only fish, and then slowly the other shops open. The pastry (what I go for there for) and the souvenier vendors don't open until hours later. | 1
newfie43 23:09 UTC 04 May 2010 | We were also disappointed to find everything closed up on the Sunday morning we chose to explore Papeete. I can't recall(this was in '06) if our guide book said it was open but no where did we read that it was closed on Sundays, as we could have chosen a different day. I just assumed the market was opened every day. | 2