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Bound for Niue

17:08.09S 153:51.45W   One day out from Bora Bora While waiting for our clearance document to come by email from Papeete in Tahiti we contemplated the next stage of our journey as Zoonie sat at anchor under the towering Mt Pahia and an invisible caged bird made a sound somewhere between the rusty hinge on a …

Bora Bora

16:29.35S 151:45.16W Over the reef around Bora Bora. The next day was Sunday and we walked the 2.2km along the shore road, puddle dodging, into the town Vaitape to find most people just leaving their church service amidst much bonhomie. “Ia Orana” is the French Polynesian for “Hello” and we made ourselves use it in …

Hiva Oa

8.48.3S 139:01.73W Baie Taahuku on Hiva Oa. At 3.20am in the moonlight we could not miss the monolith of Hiva Oa, every lungful of breath smelling of flowers. The anchor went down next to our friends Torsten and Hille’s yacht Infinity, a 40 foot Halberg Rassy. We became friends during the ARC Portugal Rally in …