Tiki and Mahanatoa
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Fri 19 Jul 2013 22:57
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Tiki and a Walk to The Other
Village Bear had read in one of the yachtie guide
books that there is a Tiki on the island. The lady we spoke to the other day
told us it is on private property but the homeowners were very used to people
strolling down the path to one side of their garden. Today we bimbled down the
road, said hello to a chap who told us to find the white
house on the left and help ourselves. We preferred to clear it with the
owners who smiled in welcome and gestured us to help ourselves. From the road you could just see a tiny head in the
distance, I had expected something the size of the heads on Easter Island, not
such a small statue - Bear dwarfed him.
Bear was thrilled with him because he looks like he is rubbing his stomach, like any good
Bear does. Hmmmm.
In a rare flash of enthusiasm for walking,
I shocked Bear by suggesting we walk to the other village on the island and take
in some more of the amazing scenery.
We
passed some neat, well kept houses and
gardens....................
.................and
some not.
And then a real
beauty. Straight into the finals of this years One Careful
Owner.
A mile on we came to
the village of Mahanatoa. The church on the left was open, just had
to have a peek inside.
Bear loved the Beez
colours and anchors on the altar.
The
bay outside the church. We sailed past here on the way
in.
The two green
buoys we used.
A little further and we passed the school.
We turned back at the
boat park.
Before we left the village we stood and
watched a ‘javelin’ tournament. The idea is to hit
the coconut on the stick.
Aim using your index
finger, launch and do it
again until you run out of javelins, marked in your colours. Go to the
other end, retrieve and do it again from that end until they are all stuck in
the target or light fails and it’s time to go home. We were enthralled and
watched four ends.
A couple of ‘little
light renovation required’ and a pig – haven’t
seen one of those for a while.
On our outbound bimble the big supermarket was closed but on our way back it was open,
worth a look, the owner was the same lady who opened up her little shop for us
when we first arrived. We bought a loaf and a few bits and bobs, time to go
home.
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ALL IN ALL SUCH A NICE
PLACE
VERY COMFORTABLE ISLAND WITH SPECTACULAR
SCENERY |