While most athletes are having to make do with cardboard beds and non air conditioned rooms in the Paris Olympic Village, dozens of lucky competitors are enjoying life on a luxury cruise ship, 15,000km (9,300 miles) away .
A number of the surfers taking part in this year’s Games are staying on the Aranui 5 cruise ship off the coast of the French Polynesian island of Tahiti, 45 minutes from this year’s surfing venue in Teahupo’o.
Dubbed the “first-ever floating Olympic village”, the dual-purpose passenger and freighter ship can accommodate about 230 passengers in over 100 cabins.
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