Taaha

July 11, 2015 1900
Anchored off Patio, North side of Taaha
Aloha Everyone, We had another memorable meal by Chef Bruno in Haamene Bay. Totally delightful. Glad we were there as we were the only ones there. Another boat had come in last night, but we were moored a bit off from them. I thought it was a nice looking boat, but did not get close. This morning, we were heading to shore for a hike, when they waved us over. As we got closer, I realized the boat was a Nordic 44 (ours is a Nordic 40), so they invited us aboard Second Wind. Nice people, fun to see their boat, and I hope we see them again. However, they may not invite us aboard again, as I referred to their boat as Breaking Wind," when we departed!oh Well, I'm sure they have heard it before. We then went ashore and started hiking to other side. We didn't find trail, but hiked the road. Eventually, a very nice local guy stopped by, and he ended up taking us around half the island, we visited a pearl farm as well as a vanilla plantation. He was a most interesting character, and we were glad it worked out. Sure we will see him again. Once we got back, we headed out of the bay and back around to the North side. We picked up a new mooring just off Patio, the biggest town (very small, but nice supermarket which we had stopped in when we touring island earlier.) So here we are, cooking some lamb, and enjoying the tahitian dance music ashore. Heard from David Nottage yesterday. He expects to be in area next week. Hope he has a few good stories! Karin wants me to add that when we sailed to Tahiti in '91 with Ryan, Ryan's friend Brian was also with us. He has since become a successful dentist in Oregon. All for now, aloha, David and Karin


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