We had a crazy couple of days in Huka Hiva, arriving on Sunday. We all did our internet work, phone calls and went for a long walk in the village. Monday was a full out business day, with checking in, getting fuel permits, refilling propane tanks, going to a few grocery stores and farmers market to provision, doing banking, etc., etc. Shelby was a great help restocking the shelves and cubbyholes with me, itemizing where everything was put away, and composing and printing off the list to hang on the pantry door. Almost like a regular "working day", ha,ha. Yesterday, we continued to get ready for our crossing. Doug and Peter took the dinghy and the jerry cans over to fill up with fuel. Enroute in the dinghy Doug spotted two sharks swimming around them. Needless to say we didn't swim in that bay!
After finishing off the surprising amount of things on our "to do" list, we hoisted the anchor and sailed over to Daniel's Bay. Made us miss our Danny even more (who luckily isn't doing as many rodeos, since he is working 7 days a week in Oysossos - but he is working on the big, high power lines, so not sure which is more dangerous!) Got a nice email from Kylie who is living in the bush in the Philippines with a local nomadic family for a few weeks for her anthropology course. She says she is living on a diet of eggs and rice, since she can't bring herself to eat their staple of snails and snake. We can't wait to see her when she joins us in Tahiti on August 11th (she might even think my cooking isn't so bad after all).
Once anchored in the picturesque Daniels Bay, Doug and Shelby went in the dinghy to do some beach exploration and shell hunting. Peter and I paddled off in the kayaks and I had a great experience. While dipping my left paddle in the water, on the right hand side a massive manta ray jumped up a few feet in the air, skimming the kayak, went back down, splashing me totally and rocking the kayak almost capsizing it. Doug and Shelby heard my scream all the way on the beach. Tres cool! From QuickStar we saw a couple of big manta rays swimming around. The water isn't as clear as we had hoped, due to the agitation, but we are anticipating the clarity and visibility will improve as we get to the atolls in the Tuamotu archipeligo.
Will check in again tomorrow, if we are able to get a connection. Until then...wishing you a day with delightful surprises.
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