We motored about 30 miles today, all inside the atoll, back to the north end of Fakarava. On the way up, we anchored near a little hotel with wifi that broadcasts out into the bay and all the way to our boat. Now that we have internet for a night, we’ll post a bunch of pictures. Here they come… -Rich (June 29, 2012)
It’s Not Always Warm in the South Pacific! (Fakarava, Tuamotus)
Poor Cyndi as the morning temperature dips to almost 70!
The South Pacific Pizza Tour! (Marquesas and Tuamotus)
May – July, 2012
We are officially taking the South Pacific Pizza Tour. We’ve now had it in Hiva Oa, twice in Nuku Hiva, Ua Pou and Fakarava.
You Guessed It – Pizza Again! (South Fakarava, Tuamotus)
June 27, 2012
There isn’t even a town at the south end of Fakarava yet we managed to go out for pizza. Fish pizza no less cooked in a wood fired oven and hand made. A wonderful man named Manihi invites all the cruisers to his house a few times a week and cooks for everyone.
This is his house with the open air, covered dining room. The only way to get there is by boat.
On the night we went, he had about twelve cruisers over. The company was great.
At an hour or two old, the fish on this pizza couldn’t have been much fresher.
After dinner, the fish scraps go in the water for the other guests – black tipped reef sharks. These were about three feet from the dining table. -Rich
South Fakarava Underwater (Tuamotus)
June 27, 2012
People come from all over the world to dive with the sharks in the south pass (the cut through the atoll where you can enter the huge lagoon). You ride the incoming tide and drift over coral, fish and lots of sharks. Our pictures of the sharks are a little lacking as these are screen shots of videos we took. For some reason, we were a little preoccupied with the sharks and forgot to take some still pictures. I can’t imagine why?
Those aren’t coi. Those are about five foot long black tip reef sharks. There were often thirty to fifty in view at a time.
While Cyndi didn’t panic, she was noticeably happier when the sharks weren’t around (which was seldom here).
