Society High
Avalon
Mon 13 Oct 2003 04:05
  The seldom heard of island of Huahine is one of French
Polynesia's 6 Society Islands. With only 2 hotels and a lovely sleepily little
portside village,
this island is a great escape from the tourist
centres.
  The water colours and dramatic landscape are as
beautiful as ever with the added bonus of uncrowded beaches and extensive
historical ruins.
   After a hike to the mountain top we lunched on
beautiful organic salads and fish at "Eden Parc" farm.
  Training for the famous Hua'uaki canoe race
was taking place through out all of French
Polynesia. The big race starts here in November,
crossing the open ocean to Raiatea and then around
Tahaa and finishing in Bora Bora, about 100 miles
paddled over 3 gruelling days.
The local men certainly have the muscle for
it.
   Finding a flat work surface to rebuild some of our
canvas covers lead us borrowing the veranda of the local electric company's
office one Sunday.
Not surprisingly we attracted the attention of lots of
local Sunday strollers, straining our poor French to give a reasonable
explanation of our actives.
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