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Date: 08 Aug 2009 01:36:49
Title: Raia'tea
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16.43.739 S 151.26.607 W
 
Where has the week gone. We have motored from Huahine to Raia'tea. When we are at anchor we seem to have wind, but when we are at sea there is none.. bad planning?? We have had another horrid wet and cold day, not what we joined for. Fortunately that day we had got up early and went by dinghy upriver before breakfast. After breakfast we were ready to leave when the heavens opened and it did not stop raining till nighttime. The trip upriver was very peaceful and quiet, not a lot of wildlife. We rowed until one of the oars broke, then we paddled until we were out of the river again and into enough water to use the engine.
That was in Faarao Bay, from there we went to the south to Opoa Bay where we anchored in 30 m of water with 80 m of chain out. We visited marae Taputapuatea, the most sacred site in French Polynesia. We motored around the southern part of Raia'tea, mostly inside the reef, but the last part outside. We were amazed to see dolphins inside. We stopped for lunch and a swim in blue waters and ended up on the town quay in Uturoa, where we are now. Duncan went diving in the pass and on the Nordby wreck, a three master that sank in 1900. Both interesting dives.
Tomorrow we go to Tahaa, the island next to Raia'tea.
 
             
 
        Sooo.... still up the river                                                One broken oar, what now...                                        Another marae, sacred site, the biggest one yet               A canoeist in our slip stream
 
 
 
   
 
 The views on the south side of Raia'tea                                Dolphins inside the reef
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