Hiva Oa
MALARKEY
Jo & Trevor Bush
Sun 25 Mar 2012 07:35
|
Our first taste of French Polynesia has been very
positive.
It would be easy to simply love anywhere that
offers land and a quiet anchorage after a 3 week trip at sea but I can honestly
say that the islands are beautiful and are inhabited by smiley friendly
people.
The locals are a mixture of Polynesians and French
nationals. So the language spoken is mostly French, Polynesian and a smattering
of English. The Polynesians are easy to spot.....they are the ones that are
mostly round, brown, with smiles on their faces and flowers in their
hair......and that's not just the women!! They genuinely seem pleased to see you
and make you feel very welcome......no wonder they mutinied on the
Bounty.
There seems to be everything here but in relatively
short supply. Being only an archipelago of small islands, most things
are supplied by ship and the locals get first dibbs.
  Smiley locals
!!
Our view from the
cockpit
Fuel is in short supply and we were lucky to get
50Lts. We hope that we will be able to get some more further down the road...but
clearly the name of the game is.... ' get it while you can'.
We are moving to the next island tomorrow,
(Tahuata), where we can swim with giant Manta Rays with up to 20 foot wing
spans.....should be cool. We will try to get some
pictures.
|