Leaving Apataki
Juffa
Bill and Caroline
Sun 11 Aug 2013 17:07
A last minute arrangement and friends from Oz fly out to experience the village ambience overnight - generator buzzing by the wharf, early morning fishermen laughing as a huge dog tooth tuna is caught in the pass, black strings of nursery nets hung in piles from buildings and palms for black pearl oysters and the careful nurturing of young coconut palms which will provide future crops of coconut and copra in the village.
Finally leaving Apataki after eight and a half long weeks setting sail for Tahiti …