Nuku Hiva
Sea Topaz
Duncan Briggs
Sun 17 May 2009 22:55
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08.54.972 S 140.05.899 W
We have been in Taiohae Bay on Nuku Hiva for a few
days now. It is very hot and humid, so any breeze we get is welcome. We motored
from Ua Pou (26nm) and managed to catch two tuna in the pouring rain. We
explored the village/town and even had a pizza in a restaurant. Yesterday we got
up at 5 o'clock to go the the vegetable market, by six o'clock everything has
gone. We hired a 4 wheel drive and went all the way around the island. We
visited ancient sacred sites where they used to sacrifices humans. They kept
their victims in pits before they were sacrificed or cut up and dried on the
platforms. Gruesome, but then they were cannibals in those days. The scenery was
spectacular. We found a nice place for lunch in a bay, so we had a great day. We
got stopped by the Gendarmerie when we were nearly back and Duncan was
breathalysed for the first time in his life. Just as well he did not have that
cold beer at lunchtime.Today is admin and relax, tomorrow we will collect our
gas bottles, get some bread and meat and move on to the Tuamotos via one more
bay on Nuku Hiva where we want to visit a waterfall and fill up with water. The
trip to the Tuamotos is about 475 miles, we hope to get some wind by Wednesday.
It should take about three days to get there.
   
Filling the
jerry cans with water
Catching tuna in the pouring rain
Taoihae Bay in Nuka
Hiva where we are anchored
Kamuihei ruins on Nuku Hiva
   A pit where they kept the
victims
The
Hikokua site
Washing the mud off
shoes
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