Pictures - Hiva Oa and Hanamoenoa
Harmonie
Don and Anne Myers
Fri 11 Apr 2008 20:21
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We are now in Taiohae Bay on the island of Nuku
Hiva. This is the largest town in the Marquesas (still only a one-road
town), and offers high speed internet, so several entries with pictures will
follow.
The first two pictures below were taken on the
island of Hiva Oa, our first stop in the Marquesas.
Picture 1 - This lady was sitting next to the
vegetable lady's truck (the only place to buy vegetables) on the main road
in the town of Atuona. See? The women and girls really do wear
flowers in their hair.
Picture 2 - This little tourist office was located
right next to the concrete chunk of a dinghy dock on Tahauku Bay, the first bay
we anchored in. The fruit lady used the front porch of the tourist
office as her store. She spoke very good English (as well as French
and Marquesan) and sold all kinds of fruit and bread to the boaters as they came
ashore. None of the stores in the Marquesas sell fruit because the people
that live here simply pick any fruit they want off the trees that grow in their
yards. The fruit lady sets up shop specially for the boaters that
arrive in the Marquesas after a long passage from the Galapagos or
elsewhere. Pictured with her are her kids and one of the three or four
taxi drivers on the island.
Picture 3 - This is our view of Hanamoenoa Bay
from where we were anchored on Tahuata Island. This is the site
of our first Marquesan swim and is the second place we anchored in the
Marquesas.
Anne
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