Internet Bums

Haha, we were boat bound for six days because of weather. With our Wifi amplifier we have been surfing the web and being internet bums. We wish the connection was good enough to upload more photos, but really the connection was only good enough for browsing, texting, and Christmas shopping!  Life is funny without internet connection because you can’t just Google this or Google that, we are forced to use our knowledge and get creative. That did not stop us from maintaining our own offline personnel list of things we wanted to Google when we did have internet connection, haha, the list is almost to zero. This has really been our first high wind weather since arriving in French Polynesia and the picking up southeast trade winds remind us that hurricane season for the South Pacific is fast approaching. We need to be out of Tahiti by mid December and the winds to get us to Tahiti are bit hard to come by these days. However, we woke this morning to changing winds so we are now in discussion to prepare for departure and head to Moorea.

The day we anchored in southern Huahine we felt like we were being chased by a large black cloud, literally, the sky was black behind us! We got anchored and went to shore and luckily the rain held off. We were only on shore briefly to find a baguette and would you believe it there was baguette delivery truck that arrived as we were walking to find a store. We found out he comes around at 5:30 AM and 6PM each day. We headed back to the boat to prepare for dinner and the wind started to blow. Winds came up to 25 to 30 knots and wrapped around the south end. We are anchored in 40 feet and paid out an extra 100 feet of chain to hold to be sure of our holding.  We have been lucky because there is a nearby Resort called Relais Mahana Resort with guest and patron Wifi access.

Relais Mahana is a pretty resort that has a pricey happy hour, but nice on the beach bungalows. Next door to the Relais Mahana is the Restaurant Mauarii, and on Sunday’s they have live Polynesian music and lunch that starts at noon and for $35 a head they serve all of the traditional Polynesian meals, including breadfruit.  We did not attend, but one of the other cruisers said it was one of the better Polynesian buffets.

We finally left the boat to hang out with our neighbors, SY Lojan. Rainer and Daphne built their boat in Germany and have been sailing for over 24 years. They are now in their 80’s and sailing back to Chili where they hope to sell their steel boat. They told stories of sailing around the world and their favorite place wasvPatagonia.  We aren’t sure if we’ve fully embraced the idea to sail to Patagonia, but it’s rolling around in our thoughts.

Our poor plants have taken a beating this week with the high winds. We had to put a new cover on the starboard side of King Neptune’s Garden but we are very hopeful as we finally have flowers on both the tomatoes and peppers. We anticipate, by the Tuamotus Islands we’ll have fresh produce in the most remote locations! That’s called Comfort Cruising! 🙂

Cheers,

Sara and Wade