Category Archives: Society Islands

More rain ….

Posted on August 1, 2010 by KC2RIY

The weather continued to be pretty grim throughout yesterday morning. Howling winds and rain were typical with brief periods of calm in between. All plans for a morning stroll were abandoned in favour of sitting in reading and playing games. … Continue reading →

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Wet day

Posted on July 31, 2010 by KC2RIY

In the morning we set off on our planned 9 mile hike around one of the lobes of the island. The first stretch of the hike over the low saddle to the bay on the other side of the island … Continue reading →

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Battery Day

Posted on July 30, 2010 by KC2RIY

I decided that yesterday was a good time to rotate the batteries. The plan was to take all twelve golf cart batteries from the house bank and switch them with six from each bank of twelve drive batteries. The overall … Continue reading →

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Ile Mahaea, Taha’a

Posted on July 29, 2010 by KC2RIY

After the morning net we went ashore for our hike to the top of the nearby hill. At 964ft above sea level we had a great view of the reef surrounding Raiatea and Taha’a as well as Hauhine and Bora … Continue reading →

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Uturoa, Raiatea

Posted on July 28, 2010 by KC2RIY

All three of us had a nice snorkel on the pass. Ben and I again took turns with the spear gun with little luck. The gun we have has two problems. One is that I bought a short one principally … Continue reading →

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