Tahaa
Wayward Adventure
Mon 29 Jun 2009 18:56
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Anchored in the Lee of Tahaa for the past few
days. There has been a moderate to strong system passing through the
area and most boats have been tucked in somewhere for the past few
days. The spot we are it is very nice and the view of Bora Bora from here
is magnificent. The high peak of Bora Bora is calling us and I think we
will venture over there tomorrow. We have decided we will make
ourselves comfortable in Bora Bora and stay for a while and actually come
back and revisit Huahine, Raiatea and Tahaa in a few weeks. Raiatea
actually has a big fuel dock and so we will fill up before leaving French
Polynesia as these will be the best prices we will get including
New Zealand because of the duty fee card we acquired. We never
did spend much time exploring Huahine as the anchorage was very
uncomfortable with the strong winds but have vowed to return. So
our long range plan is to be out of FP by the end of July then head to
Palmerston island in the Cooks followed by Niue then Tonga by September.
Our dreams of Fiji will have to wait as we decided that to do it properly
you need three months dedicated to Fiji alone. We also feel the desire to
hold to our promise of not rushing through this trip so we will spend
2 months in Tonga and visit all 3 groups of islands in September and
October. After Tonga we will head south to New Zealand for their
summer with a short stop at Minerva reef along the way. That is
the plan as far as it is written down but our plans are written in pencil and
are subject to change at any time.
AP
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