Broken Parts and Pieces
Papeete is a big city in the middle of the Pacific ocean. It is also a popular place for sailors to stop and as a result has some great infrastructure…
Hitting a Coral Reef
We approached the Marina Taina and saw over 100 sailboats anchored to mooring buoys on both sides of the inside of the passage through the lagoon. While my first thought…
Rolly Polly Waters
It's hard to believe that I can so quickly forget how rolly polly the waters can get. After so many days on land recently I forgot how the swells can…
Dance Classes and Goodbye Rangiroa
On our last day in Rangiroa Kirsten, Alyssa and Teyauna were invited to a Relief Society Tahitian Song and Dance rehearsal. The ladies of this local organization are preparing a…
Dis-masted Sailors, Dogs, Copra and an Island Feast
Six years ago our family came to visit Rangiroa and we all fell in love with this island paradise. Part of the reason we fell in love with this island…
Playing in the Lagoon – Young Men’s Activity
Jaeden, Dailin and Orin took off in the morning for an activity with 5 other young boys on the island that a local church leader had organized. They were getting…
Fueling up and Swimming with Dolphins
The only gas station in all of Rangiroa is located 12 kilometres away and taking a $20 taxi ride to get $21 of fuel seemed rather pointless. We had been…
Snorkeling at the Rangiroa “Aquarium”
went snorkeling twice today at what the locals call “The Aquarium”. After hearing the stories that Orin, Eli and Dailin shared, Kirsten and Jaeden were also anxious to go. It…
Friendly Village of Tiputa, Rangiroa
Jaeden and I woke up early to check out the conditions at Tiputa Pass. Since arriving in Rangiroa we had wanted to return to Tiputa where we had spent a…
Black Pearls and Dolphins
This morning we went with a friend that we had met at church the day before on one of his company's free shuttles to go to the Gauguin Pearl Farm.…
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