May 28, 2012
This is the bay where we’ve been so far. It’s wonderful. There are about 20 boats anchored here and at first we thought that it was horrifyingly crowded. We’re used to it already and quite comfortable. Everyone is so nice and it’s hard to believe how many great friends we’ve made in just three days. We make a trip into town each day, usually getting a ride from someone and walking the one and a half miles back to the boat. There are about five markets of varying sizes. Some things are a little hard to find, like fruit and vegetables of all things. We thought that would be very abundant but it’s not. We did manage to buy some today and included in our purchase where two “nuclear” carrots that could only grow to their two pound size in some kind of surplus Soviet reactor core.
Tomorrow, we get officially checked in to French Polynesia. We have had to wait until now as we arrived Friday after the check in office closed and today, Monday, was a holiday here as well as in the US. We’re told the procedure is very efficient and simple. We’ll leave in a few days for Fatu Hiva – stop two on the twoatsea tour. If you want to see some pretty pictures, search Google for Fatu Hiva, select images and you should see a bunch. Its Bay of Virgins is one of the most spectacular sailing destinations in the whole world. -Rich
