Here comes the Sun

Today the sun came out, it didn't rain, the seas calmed a bit and the winds stopped blasting us from every direction. A big improvement.

We rented a car and drove to over the mountain behind the bay (about 3,000') to Hakahaa for the reception for the Pacific Voyagers (www.pacificvoyagers.org). There we saw all the boats and dancing / presentations by all the crews as well as the Marquesan hosts (a replay of the dancers we saw on Friday). Then we drove over the hill to Hatihieu to visit some archeological sites, then back to Taiohae. The country side is a spectacular display of lush green everywhere, and pretty vertical! We had good reason to have rented a 4WD vehicle for some of the roads. A full day time for sleep.