Day 311 - Anse Hakatea, Nuku-Hiva

31st May The previous day I hiked up to the top of what is recorded
as the 3rd highest free falling waterfalls in the world which was a
great trip. About 5 hours all round but not advisable in thongs ‘slides’.
It was absolutely breathtakingly amazing and once at the top of the falls you
had to swim across a little pond and climb under a bolder to get into the base
of it. If only my camera was water proof. The water cascaded down and had
carved out a huge cave that was obviously deep and quite scary to be honest. To
top it off the largest fresh water ells are also found in these parts and after
sighting a couple I was a little wary alone out of reach from the rest of the
group. Well the same evening my mate Colin who is in the picture
arrived into the anchorage in his yacht Maya 3, the guy who was responsible for
convincing Fiona and I to dump the Med and sail to the Caribbean way back in
Portugal. The last time I had seem him was in the Also one of the sailors that came along cracked open a few coconuts
collected along the way and I was fortunate enough to eat the sweat from the
inside of one. So what it actually is, is before the nut turns to a little baby
tree the center of the nut make a tasty little plant think that in encased by a
sweet white crust like a lolly. About the size of a champagne cork and plucked
out at the right time it actually tastes like a loll. Amazing. Anyhow the crayfish were steamed for a few minutes and then stir
fried into a delicious meal. Mmmmmmmmm……… |