Fakarava is amazing!

Here are a couple of scenes from Tetamanu Pass here on Fakarava, south end. We will be here and diving daily for a few more weeks before we move on to Tahiti. Its been beautiful here with 85 degree temperatures and 80 degree waters.

We still find time for crafts, research, learning new ukulele songs…Boat projects still occur, almost daily something needs attending to. Laundry, only done on a sunny calm morning, when you have just made water and preferably hot water. Plan to be home for a few hours if the wind pipes up. You also cant go far in case a rain cloud comes by. (I prefer to wash in my galley sink, but others use a bucket.) We did have 1 bag of laundry done in the Marquesis for $50.

Not really a chore, but something we do for at least an hour a day, is local research and long term planning. Starlink provides us unlimited internet for googling local facts, extended forecasts, future travel and more of course. So, interesting research: Coconut Crabs, if you’ve never seen a Coconut Crab this is a small oune. They can get to 18lbs but this one probably wasn’t bigger than 4. They are very plentiful on many of the atolls here.
A guy/local on shore traded this crab and a bunch of Lobster for a few fishing lures.
This crab was on a leash under his tree before he made the trade. He was very tasty, much like lobster.