Tuamotus and Tahiti 2001

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Our view from inside a Pacific Atoll.  We took this picture while at anchor at Manihi in the Tuamotus Arhiipelago.

Pearl Farm at Manihi

At Rangiroa the hotel guests stayed in individual cabins.  Some of the cabins were out over the water.  We anchored off the hotel in clear blue water.  Rangiroa is the second largest atoll in the world.

The email place (Taaroa Web) in Rangiroa provided me with this overhead view of the Atoll. The Atoll has lots of water but little land.

In Tahiti we achored off Marina Taina.  The weather was great.  The anchroage was calm.  The water was clean. The grocery was near the dinghy dock.  For less than $1 Le Truck would take us to town or for site seeing rides.  The best Polynesian dancers performed every Friday night.  

On Friday nights we often dinghied over to the Beach Comber Park Royal Hotel to watch the Polynesian Dancers.

The Beach Comber Park Royal Hotel in Tahiti not only had the best dancers at night, it also had the best landscaping.

The cruisers liked visiting the Ariki brewery.  The food was great.  The prices were the lowest in Tahiti.  Mark, the owner is from New York and knows what Americans like, good food at a good value.

Rickardo, Ariki worker with a shark tattoo

Many locals and cruisers enjoyed surfing.  The waves break big in certain places along the island. To take this picture I stood in the dinghy in nearly calm water right next to the breaking waves. The dinghy was in deep water while the surfers were over a shallow coral reef. The coral was sharp and sometimes caused injuries to surfers and their boards if the surfer made a mistake.

The wooden spears are thrown at a coconut held high up on a post. The closest to the top of the coconut wins. This was one of many activities of the Heiva festival.

The wooden spears are thrown at a coconut held up on a post over 30 feet high. Participants stand back over 100 feet from the post.  The closest to the top of the coconut wins. This was one of many activities of the Heiva festival.

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