Monthly Archives: July 2010

Wet day

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

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

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

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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River Ride, Gardens, Bananas and more

Yesterday was another one of those days that ended up better than we could have ever expected. Our main trip of the day was to explore the nearby river. The wind in the bay we were in was whipping up … Continue reading

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