August 10 – 14, 2012
After our tour of Raiatea, we had an anchorage picked out: Haamene Bay. It’s a very deep bay, cutting about 2 miles into the center of the island, which makes it very still and peaceful. The other attraction was the restaurant at the head of the bay which was rumored to be very good.
After a busy morning of shopping and provisioning, getting untied from our mooring, and visiting the fuel dock, we motored the six miles or so to Taha’a. We motored into the bay, set our anchor and then just . . . relaxed. Sometimes it’s nice to just stay on the boat for a day.
The next morning we woke up and were treated to an especially beautiful sunrise. (As usual, this was accompanied by a chorus of roosters.)
We blew up the dinghy and went to town. It was a small but very pretty little town.
Our second night in the bay, we headed to the Taha’a Mai Tai restaurant for dinner. We had heard good things about it and were excited to try it. We were joined by our friends Tom and Monica who had just motored in that day and whom we had not seen since the Marquesas. The restaurant exceeded our expectations as the dinner was fabulous. We liked it so much, Rich and I went back for lunch the next day. We have been spreading the word about it ever since.
We were going to leave the next day, but we liked it so much here we spent one more day. -Cyndi
