Driving around Nuku Hiva
Lynn & Mike ..around the world
Mike Drinkrow & Lynn v/d Hoven
Sun 28 Apr 2013 18:17
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Driving around Nuku
Hiva
Yesterday we rented a car (double cab 4x4)
to take a drive around the island. It is very mountainous, and although the
roads are fairly good, there are patches of gravel and some very steep
turns. Seems cars only really need 3 gears here! The
countryside is very lush, with lots of goats, roosters , cows and pigs, as
well as banana, mango, guava, papaya and coconut trees. There are also an
extraordinary number of horses, some tethered and some wild.
We visited some ancient ruins - where many
thousands of Polynesians lived before the British and French brought their
disease to kill people and their Christian morals to kill their culture. Can you
believe that the missionaries actually banned tattoos, dancing and music
...forcing the people to adopt Christianity.
Here are some
pictures:
 looking back down on Taiohae Bay
  Giant Banyan
Tree Tahakia
Ruins
  Roosters
everywhere! Hatiheu
Beach
  Multi-coloured
Hibiscus Wood
carved sign with traditional images
  Aakapa Bay in the
north Entrance
to the cathedral of the Marquesas
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