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View from Opunohu Bay
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Taken from the aft deck
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Afternoon photo of the peak
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Private road to a home – extremely steep
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Scenic
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Island living
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Quiet bay
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Small boat landing
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Sun was going down soon
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Can see this boat
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Boaters
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Covered in sea haze
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Partly cloudy
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Inaccessible we think
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Usually these peaks are in the clouds
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Hidden homes on the shoreline
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Sailboat heaven
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Gone fishing………
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Heard there was a vanilla plantation up here
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A clearing for planting
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Hilton Moorea Lagoon Resort
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Over-the-water huts
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Some beachfront
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Small boats in the reef
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Wind Spirit did not stay
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Expensive resort
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Leaving the bay at Moorea
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So steep
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It may rain yet
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Smaller rentals
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Private
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Locals
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Unclimbable
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Good place to stay
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Getting hazy, despite the wind
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This sail boat was in Papeete
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Peaks in the shadows now
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Leaving soon after 5pm
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Civilized
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Hilton Resort
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Perfect size
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Many huts
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Water bird….all alone
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More birds
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A buoy
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For the birds
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In flight
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Reef surrounds this island
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Dangerous to ships
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Finally leaving
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Need rain here
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Up close
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Heading towards the Tuamotus now
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Little church at Papetoai
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Sister island to Tahiti
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Green garden island
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There goes the Wind Spirit
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Bali Hai? Not exactly…..
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Sails hoisted, heading into the sun
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Island getting smaller
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Sun going down
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Island of many peaks
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Heading west
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Neat sunset
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Going down by 6:07pm
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Sinking fast
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Bird in the sunset
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Neat photo
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Going behind the clouds again
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Still a nice sunset
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Getting dark
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Bird heading back to shore
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Higher clouds
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Picking up some color
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Locals see this every evening
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A sunset to remember
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About done
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The color fading
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And away we go………………..