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Ripple2
Thu 6 Jul 2006 01:09
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 Our first sight of land in 21 days. Fatu Hiva. The
clouds are at about 3,000 feet.
 The small island is very high for it's size. A hugh
piece of volcanic rock sticking out of
the ocean.
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  Approaching The Bay of Virgins or Hanavave. I could
not think of a more dramatic place to arrive after an ocean crossing. Every
minute of the day the light and mood of the rock formations would give us a
new perspective.
 Yahoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Landfall at last. Time for some champs.  We had the whole Bay of Virgins to ourselves for 2
glorious days, here is the view looking down from the town - another boat has
arrived.
  The sunsets were beautiful and right off our
stern.
  So begins our 'waterfall adventure' - complete with
horse guarding the bridge ( Bon bon??)
  It was absolutely freezing in the pool, and very
deep, but fine once you'd been in for a while.. I couldn't resist a Timotei
moment.
  Actually the water coming from the waterfall was
lovely and warm. Well worth the 4 hour trek to get there.
 This is a new noni plantation ( The plant that is,
not the person Noni Patton - our niece), a field of coconut trees had been
cleared to plant it - I guess noni is worth more than copra these days.
  Some more of the lush tropical scenery - here are
banana, mango and coconut trees - and I couldn't resist one more shot of
the sunset.
After a mere 4 days in this beautiful place we tore
ourselves away to the next island, Taohoie, 70 miles away - more pics coming
up.
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