Moorea, Society Islands, French Polynesia
Well, now that we got the whole troublesome sailing bit out of the way, let’s get to the partying…
…by getting in an even smaller boat, but this time with no means of automated propulsion and in the rain!
(We don’t get it either dude…)
The first thing we did was participate in the national sport of French Polynesia by competing in 4-man Polynesian canoe races. As we had actually sailed to Tahiti with our friends Allan and Alison, they cross-recruited us into their canoe and coconut shucking team.
Difficult to paddle and almost impossible to steer; how the heck did these people colonize the South Pacific in these things!? Continue reading “The Tahiti-Moorea Rendezvous”
