Sunday, May 2, 2021

OUR AMAZING!! SOUTH PACIFIC ADVENTURE

WE WENT TO THE WILD MARQUESAS ISLANDS 

 and

OTHER  GENTLER ISLANDS OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC...


NANINE & DEREK 





NUKU HIVA MARQUESAS - BAY OF TAIOHAE


 

I could not walk in my ancestor's shoes...I could only trace his footsteps and walk the paths that he once trod.

WE MET THE PEOPLE



AMELIE "THRILLER"


SYLVIE ("Who drew me to her with large sympathethic eyes") AND DEREK



JOSEPHINE - "WHY NOT"


JEREMY "ME GO YOU, MUAKE" 
(notice the boar's tooth!)














AND ALONG THOSE PATHS THAT HE ONCE TROD

WE WITNESSED

        THESE BEAUTIFUL! SIGHTS 


BAY OF TAIOHAE ALONG THE "MAIN ROAD"



NANINE SEES THE TIKIS ON HER WAY TO THE "MISSION ROAD" 






HIKE TO THE MISSIONARY'S UA FALLS


JEREMY'S "Umbrella" TARO PLANTS


VILLLAGE - AT HATIHEU


NUKU HIVA 



BAY OF HAKAUI "Land of the GIANTS"


PAEPAE REPLICA


HATIHEU  - NUKU HIVA 



OPEN OCEAN TRIP IN A FISHING BOAT!!



ISLAND OF FATU HIVA 













ISLAND OF HIVA OA - A STOP ON THE WAY TO THE MEAE

 

TRIP TO ISLAND OF UA POU 


JOSEPHINE - MONSIGNOR - NANINE - KIHI





ISLAND OF MOOREA 







ISLAND OF TAHITI