May 8th Ed and I arrived at Nuka Hiva, it was a large anchorage, lots of room.
The local restaurant with WiFi. We would visit everyday to have a hinano (beer) and check our mail.
Beer and WiFi with Dan and Jilly from Dazzler. We met them in Mexico, we quickly became friends and buddy boated throughout the islands.
More seams blew out on the sail. Luckily Helen from Night Tide was experienced at making repairs, she also had a sewing machine.
I love how the Native women dress. Flowery dresses and beautiful headdress hats.
I love how anything goes here.
When it rains here, it pours.
Dinner with Dan and Jilly, the fellow is the bartender, he picked us up at the docks.
Use of the pool included.
We rented a truck with Dan and Jilly. The day was spent touring the island. Beautiful look outs.
We toured the ancient ruins on Nuka Hiva.
Ed taking a break.
We didn’t have a guide book; so we used our imagination as to what everything was.
The pathway and site was well maintained.
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| A banyan tree behind Ed. |
The man power to build these structures must have been enormous.
This might be a cooking pit.
One of many beaches.
Meandering trails throughout the lush forest.
We didn’t find pork in the markets, mostly goat, and lamb. Not sure where these fellows will go.
We continued our tour around the island. We stopped for lunch in Hatihe’u , a small village on the other side of the island.
The mountains towering over us.
Ed playing in the church.
Ed had poisson cru, yellow fin tuna.
This was the view of our anchorage from the top of the mountain. We had a beautiful clear day to tour.
Cooks pine tree. It was surprising to find pine in tropical climates. Apparently Captain Cook planted the trees for sail boat masts.
Fishermen returned to shore early every morning with their catch of yellow fin tuna.
We could buy tune any day. $5.00 a kilo, I couldn’t get enough. I made poke all the time.
Good rains to wash the salt off the boat.
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