SAILING FROM THE ISLAND OF UA POU TO THE ISLAND OF NUKU HIVA Just when I was getting perfectly comfortable anchored off the island of Ua Pou, the humans dragged me off sailing again. The forecast predicted a shift in the winds and the silly humans had us committed to […]
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Where are the humans now? THE ISLAND of UA POU Ua Pou is an island in the Marquesas of French Polynesia. The island is much younger “geologically” than it’s populated northern neighbours. It is most famous for it’s photographic back drop, the impressive basalt pinnacles, that dominate the interior, and […]
The humans were told a story about a valley in the Marquesas called ‘Hidden Valley’. The valley once played an important role strategically, but is now considered a sacred place, for the inhabitants of one village. Want to know more? Read on. THE FABLE OF HIDDEN VALLEY The Marquesas islands […]
YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BELIEVE IT! Or maybe you will? We are still in Taiohae Bay, Nuku Hiva. I think these guys have forgotten they are on a sail boat and not a ‘work in progress’. Not that they are the best workers. Still guilty of sneaking off fishing, […]