As we cleaned up the boat this afternoon, Sara grabbed the water that had to cool from canning the night before and tossed it in the ocean, Wade heard a gasp, she yelled, “Oh No!” the wire rack that goes in the bottom of the pan still laid in the […]
French Polynesia
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We planned for a play day, but ended up working. We moved the boat in the morning and anchored near the Taapuna pass, which is northwest Tahiti Nui. There are a lot of coral heads and the reef is nearby so we planned to paddle board for the day and […]
We woke early again, and headed from Pape’ete Marina to Marina Taina on the west coast of Tahiti. The area is protected by reef and there are literally over two hundred boats anchored or moored in the area. Non-duty free fuel cost $4.98 US, so we were very happy for […]
A couple of days ago we pulled up anchor and headed to Papeete. We had waited a few days in Moorea for the weather to get a little better, but the swells and waves were like sailing in a washing machine. Papeete feels like Honolulu with crowds of people, bumper […]
We had a wonderful Thanksgiving Day with pumpkin pie, turkey, dressing (southern stuffing), green beans, and mashed potato with gravy. We have two ovens one propane and one electric, so cooking everything was a breeze. Our Black Friday was busy exploring opposed to shopping. We started with the Moorea Tropical […]
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! […]
During our travels thus far we have checked each hardware or supply store for a fruit picker. This not so odd twisted piece of metal is a wonderful little tool to pick fruit trees that have some altitude. While anchored near Fare we asked a local women walking with her […]
We have had a blast in Bora Bora hiking without a guide; forging for bananas, papaya, wild squash, lime, ginger root, and star apples; swimming with Broad Stingray, Blacktip Reef Sharks, Green Eels, Barracuda, and hundreds of reef fish, but we’re off to explore more of French Polynesia, first stop […]
Around six years ago Sara was in Auburn Alabama going to college and a friend of hers asked to help research destination weddings, she came across the Four Seasons Bora Bora. Gazing at the beautiful pictures of this dream get away Sara thought to herself, “I want to go there”. […]
We have anchored in Bora Bora far away from any of the resorts or dive boats. Sorry to those that were waiting for pictures, you may have to wait another week or so because we are again far from internet connection. During our arrival through the channel there were a […]