Unsere vierte Marquesas Insel, die groesste im Archipel. Knapp ueber 2000 Einwohner, also pulsierendes Leben...naja zumindest im Vergleich zu Ua Huka oder Tahuata. Am Samstag war in der Bucht ein Kanuwettbewerb, hier im Polynesien nennt man das "Outrigger", es sind ganz schlanke Boote mit einem Ausleger. Diese Boote gibts hier auch mit drei Mann (oder Frau) Besatzung, das macht das ganze natuerlich recht schwierig denke ich, denn um das Boot geradeaus zu manoevrieren ist vermutlioch doch einige Koordination zwischen den Leuten erforderlich.
We arrrived in the biggest island of the Marquesas archipel, Nuku Hiva. Just a bit over 2000 people live here so its boomtown compared to Tahuata or Ua Huka. Tahuata is the main town here and right here at the bay was a outrigger competition saturday morning. It was great fun for everybody and included a beach BBQ. All the boats had three man (or women or mixed) inside and i think its quite complicated to get the canoe into the right direction.
We arrrived in the biggest island of the Marquesas archipel, Nuku Hiva. Just a bit over 2000 people live here so its boomtown compared to Tahuata or Ua Huka. Tahuata is the main town here and right here at the bay was a outrigger competition saturday morning. It was great fun for everybody and included a beach BBQ. All the boats had three man (or women or mixed) inside and i think its quite complicated to get the canoe into the right direction.
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