Tuanai Bimble
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Sun 29 Sep 2013 22:57
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Our First Tuanai Bimble
 After our late lunch we went for a
spuddle to the massive motu opposite called Tuanai. The water was so shallow we
parked Baby Beez on some dry sand and paddled in the warm,
clear water.
  A while later, our Brazilian neighbours on the catamaran did exactly the same thing.
 The colours
are something special.
 Beez with the church of Vaiea, Maupiti behind
her.
 Our chart plotter picture shows just how big the motu
is.
 Looking back to
Baby Beez and forward out toward the
pass.
 
 No sooner than we stepped ashore we
had a welcoming committee of hundreds.
  This chap was actually using a barnacle house, attached to a lump of rock and very heavy
indeed. He spent much of his time shuffling backwards, resting, shuffling,
resting. Now and again he got enough balance and momentum to get up on tip toe
and run sideways. We called him ‘buying a town house when you should have bought
a bungalow’....... So funny to watch. When he moves life will be so much easier
and quicker.
  In the shallows, we saw a regional
meeting of sea cucumbers and a group of hard corals.
 I rounded the far
corner..........
  ...........whilst Bear had a paddle.
 
 The seaward side,
so much windier. Dead coral instead of sand. A shack with an awesome
view.
 This chaps shell
looked a bit moth-eaten but his defense system was
top drawer.
 Up into the
woods for an explore, we saw another yacht passing.
 
 Bear was tasked to dig in an occupied hole. “Put your
finger in to get perspective and then pick him up because the blog
readers demand it.” - - - - - - - - to that.
The answer came with the first word rhyming with row and locks. When said resident appeared after ten minutes playing possum, he
really, really looked angry.
   Off he
scuttled waving his arms aloft, claws at the
ready.
  A last few
pictures and back to Baby Beez.
 Wave to our
neighbours. A little spuddle and back to Beez.
 ALL IN ALL
BREATHTAKING
PEACEFUL AND
BEAUTIFUL |