Huahine
Wayward Adventure
Sat 27 Jun 2009 19:56
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16:42.806s 151:02.278w
Anchored in the lagoon by the NW pass of
Huahine. We are now in what is considered the Leeward islands of French
Polynesia. We only have a few weeks left on our visas but have been
assured by our agent that we can stay 2 weeks after our expiration date.
Huahine is nice and have heard great things about it but we are going to move on
to Raiatea/Tahaa today. Morea is our favorite so far, especially
because of the Rendezvous that took place last week there. About 50 boats
from all over the world met there and Andy the owner of Latitude 38(a sailing
magazine like 48 north) flies out and organizes and MCs the events. Some
of the events included a dinner and show but the big events were the
competitions the following day. Lauren and I competed in the outrigger
canoe races and got a respectable second place but a lawsuit is pending as we
are awaiting the results of the steroid test we demanded of the
winning boat. There was also a coconut shucking competition that was
useful to learn how to open and get the milk and meat out of those
frustrating little things. All in all it was allot of fun and I give
Lauren the credit of insisting that we attend as I thought it would be a waste
of time but I could not have been more wrong. We are now heading to the
grocery store here and hear it is the last one we will encounter with
any kind of selection until New Zealand. That is the bad news, the
good news is the price of food will be very cheap as we move west especially
compared to the extremely high cost of living established by the French
here. I had an interesting conversation with a Tahitian who expressed
that most of the people here are not especially fond of the French(sounds
familiar) and they want to be independent. My hope is with
them.
AP
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