Arrived in Fatu Hiva

Bamboozle
Jamie and Lucy Telfer
Fri 12 May 2006 19:41
We have made it!  At 5.30pm last night local time we dropped our hook in the Hana Vave Bay.  We had covered the 3055 miles in 19 days and 8 hours (give or take a few time zones). Quicker than we had dared hope with Neptune being kind to us and no dramas on board.
 
The island is even more dramatic than one imagines.  Towering peaks, dramatic gorges, tumbling cliffs and palm trees right down to the water's edge (and green, seriously green).
 
There was no chance of an early night because as soon as we had anchored, our old friend Peter came across in his dingy to invite us to join a crowd of them for  BBQ'd Wahoo on Shoestring.  Also aboard were Minaret and Shine, two of the boats we have been speaking to everyday on the radio net.  Great to finally put some faces to some very familiar voices!
 
We were up early this morning after a great night's sleep and found two huge manta rays playing around the boat.  Last night we were told there is quite a lot of interesting wild life in the bay including regular sightings of a huge swordfish and hammerhead sharks.  Jamie is still telling me it is fine to swim, I am not so sure!!
 
 

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