Friday, November 11, 2016

Report #47 Taiohae, Nuku HIva, French Polynesia November 9, 2016 Wednesday Partly sunny & 86 degrees Part #4 Of 4 63 Pictures Sailaway

Our last sail away………….

The exposure is better now

The Pearl resort as seen from the ship

Six-man outrigger canoe

Pine tree lined ridge

Delivery day from Tahiti, we think

An orange orchard on the hillside

Hospital on the left

Odd formation on the top

Mountains hold many secrets

People live on these boats

Row a small boat to shore

Houses

There are caves in these hills

The orchard

On Location Polynesian Team

The final sail away party

Steep and rugged

Motoring around the bay

Small canoes out there

A lookout point

Speed boat

The Pearl Lodge in the center (notice the umbrellas)

Sure looks like a waterfall – difficult to see while onshore

Waterfall buried in the canyon

Matching canoes

Waterfall

Like the sail boat

Sheltered bay

This is where we saw the sharks

Wind caves

Good view from the hillside

Wind erosion

More boats

Many of them had solar & wind power

Village stores

Freighter

Looks like a thumb

Leaving the bay

Not sure when we will be back

There are two people standing on the center mountain

Very volcanic in origin

No waterfalls here

Rocky bay

Inaccessible

Good place for the birds

Centuries in the making

Perfect afternoon lighting

Rains will come soon

An island of coves and bays

Nope, not a waterfall

Sun setting soon

Another nice sunset

Few clouds this evening

The lone frigate bird

Speeding

Setting early at 6pm

A Marquesan sunset

Slipping slowly

Be gone soon

Getting there

Slowly disappearing

A green flash???

We did not see it, but some did.  Go figure……..