For the most of Sara’s life she has eaten out and hardly ever prepared meals at home. Cooking has always been this novel thing that one day she would learn how to do so she collected cookbooks. She has onboard almost 50 different styles of cookbooks. Her favorite cookbook is […]
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The internet connection was a bit slow yesterday, so a belated Merry Christmas to everyone! We’re sorry we haven’t updated lately but just like most people we got busy around the holidays. Jackie and Ryan rented a car and met us at our last anchorage to hike the lava tubes. […]
Navigating Tahiti has been different then the other islands we have visited because the lagoon is not continuous. We need to travel out of one lagoon to the open ocean to get to the next lagoon. As we traveled the south coast of Tahiti we found a lovely anchorage near […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Huahine is comprised of two islands, Huahine Nui and Huahine Iti, that are connected by a bridge. Yesterday we used our bikes to bicycle around Huahine Nui which is approximately 15 miles and only one mountain with a 15% grade going up and down. That may not sound that steep […]
According to Lonely Planet Marae Taputapuatea is the most important marae (traditional temple) in French Polynesia. Information boards explain that a Marae was created for changes in the tribe and / or chief. The old marae is torn down or destroyed while the new marae is built in its place […]
We decided to stay near Uturoa because we had the perfect anchorage to watch the Hawaiki Nui Canoe race from Huahine to Raiatea. We enjoyed Halloween with a couple of friends at Le Napoli a pizza restaurant. We took a $10 taxi ride by Taxi Warren Jr. (Vini 87 72 […]
We had a productive morning and moved the boat to the north end of Taha’a and anchored in 45 feet of sand in front of a shallow sand bank. Taha’as lagoon averages 110 to 130 feet deep in the center and we are circling it slowly but are challenged finding […]