Ua Huka It was almost 70nm to our next destination which meant an overnight sail. We took off mid day so we would not arrive in the middle of the night. Best intentions but we were a lot faster than we thought and arrived around 2 am! However, it was a full moon so Brian was confident about anchoring in the private bay of Baie Haavei. The next morning, we awoke and took a look around (it was beautiful). Since you needed permission to land on the beach, we decided to go around the corner to the “invisible Bay”. Maybe we could obtain it and / or go to the famous first museum of the Marquesas. It was not to be as we were foiled by a rather larger container / passenger ship blocking the entire entrance. Okay, well, off to the next bay, Baie D’Hane. Third times a charm! The little village was a lot bigger than expected. As we walked up the street and deeper and deeper into the island, it just got prettier and prettier. We had read there was a bakery in this bay and we were on a mission to find it. Along the way, we found the cultural center, a church, a Magesin (little store), some very nice people, and then a cruise ship banquet at the local hotel. Being bold, Don marched right in and started filling a plate full of fresh local fruit. That was until he was told otherwise. However, they did end up feeding us and we met some really nice ladies, vacationing on the island. Elisabeth was from Paris but was living and working in Tahiti, and Genieve was from the Basque region of France but living & working in Bora Bora. Anyhow, we all made fast friends, as they were not part of the banquet either. After lunching, we all decided to a hike up to some archeological ruins (platforms). We were way up there!Anyhow, we invited the ladies back to the boat for Don’s famous popcorn and a glass of wine. It was popcorn hour after all! After exchanging info, we learned that they were heading over to Nuka Hiva before heading home. This was great as we were heading that way as well. Maybe we could meet up, but at the very least we now had contacts in Tahiti and Bora :)
