Atuona, Hiva Oa, Marquesas

Sea Topaz
Duncan Briggs
Sat 25 Apr 2009 22:53
09.48.194 S 139.01.888 W
 
We have arrived safe and well in Hiva Oa. We managed to arrive in daylight. We have been very lucky with the wind during the whole of the trip.
Atuna in Taaoa Bay is a lovely place, with beautiful jungle scenery. There are quite a few boats here, but nobody made a fuss of us having done the trip from the Galapagos, they have all done it themselves. But we were very proud of ourselves. "When was the last time you did something for the first time?"  We have a bow and stern anchor down, which we are just about to check as it is a bit of a nightmare here to get your anchor out when you leave. Amazingly the first boat we saw anchored was "All the Colours" and Australian family we met in Turkey, Marmaris several years ago. They very kindly helped us with our stern anchor. We will check in with the Gendarmerie on Monday, they are not open over the weekend. So we will be here for a few days and will get some photographs for the next installment.
We have enjoyed the luxury of sleeping together at the same time in a bed that did not move, without having to get up every three hours!!