We dropped anchor last night at midnight (PST) here in Taiohae, Nuku Hiva. After an easy check-in with the gendarmerie, we returned to the boat to put it back together after all these days of taking it apart :)
Namate is buffed and sparkly, and so are her crew, after her 16-day passage. We're slowly coming back to civilization, catching up with the devastating news from Japan, and getting back in touch with reality. We have wi-fi at the boat - Skype anyone?????
We went for a long walk this evening to stretch our sea legs and ended up at the Keikahanui Pearl for an amazing Marquesan dinner - tuna tar-tar for starters, and then parmesan crusted mahi-mahi with a local root vegetable and crunchy sweet potato tuna for entrees. It started to rain as we were about to embark on our sojourn back to the wharf, so the kind hostess gave us a lift - merci beucoup!
Explorations and adventures start tomorrow.....
Glad to hear ye guys made it safe and sound. On the road with my brother from Ireland checking out California. Liz is well and life is good. We'd love to skye some time, let us know what works :-)
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