The past few days have mostly involved cleaning the boat, doing some repair/maintenance work and exploring the shoreline of Papeete. Jan rejoined the boat on Wednesday after 5 weeks away.
On tuesday, we moved from the temporary anchorage at Point Venus to the main docking area in downtown Papeete. It was just a 5 mile trip and had some nice scenery.
We got there really early, so there wasn't too much boat traffic.
There is this huge, classy, "1800's-style" mega sailboat right behind us. It must be over 200 feet long.
This boat we saw in Nuku Hiva and we also ran into it at sea on our way from Fatu Hiva. Gary thought it was a US government spy boat hunting him down. It is a 173 foot converted crabbing boat to a high-end luxury yacht available for charter. Comes with a helicopter, hovercraft, and everything.
They have little table-top shops all over the place here.
We did some re-provisioning at the big grand marché in town.
There is a really nice waterfront park here where you constantly see locals hanging out, running/biking, and playing sports.
Complete with two big tiki huts.
And a quaint little pond.
At the far end I found a soccer field played on sand. I have played soccer on the sand before and it doesn't work. The ball doesn't roll and you just trip over it. They must just move the ball around using high, arched passes. I'd love to see a match played here.
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