Nuku Hiva, French Polynesia

... Sebastian invited us to dinner, drove us around the island to see the sights, and took us fishing. The men in Nuku Hiva, like much of Polynesia, are really good at fishing with harpoon guns. They slowly swim down to depths of more than 15 meters and then ...

... is, I'm sure, a top priority!! January 18, Friday We had balmy seas on our last day of the trip from Panama to Nuku Hiva-over 3800 nautical miles We saw turtles coming up for air and fish flying out from the sea, their long silver bodies glistening, ...

Sailing from the Galapagos to Nuku Hiva, Marquesas, took 28 days, so I thought it needed its own entry. For the most part we passed the time the same way as in the trip from Panama to the Galapagos, except perhaps that we moved a little more slowly, ...

... then a few dirt "roads".  One grocery store, a church, a bank where it took me 45 minutes to get $20 in French Polynesia francs for an $8 fee.  Beautiful and rugged.  Need four wheel drive to get to anywhere else on the Island.  Have ...