We are finally underway -- left the Port of San Diego at exactly 6:00pm PST and are now officially CRUISING!!! YAY!!!
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| At the Sailaway Party |
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| Sunset -- Port of San Diego |
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| San Diego Skyline |
26 March -- Last Port of Call -- Taiohae, Nuku Hiva, Marquesas
Well, we knew it had to come to an end and here we are at Nuku Hiva which is the largest island in French Polynesia after Tahiti. We had a lovely entrance into the bay this morning with the sun helping to highlight the mountains. After a late breakfast, we went into town and looked around. We hiked up a small mountain that had the Tiki Tuhiva on the top overlooking the bay. This is the highest sculpture in all of French Polynesia.This is considered a sacred ground of the Marquesians and has a number of smaller tiki statues in the area. It also has the "octopus" that represents the linkage of all the islands from New Zealand, to Easter Island, to Tonga to Hawaii with Raiatea the center, the head of the octopus. This is the Polynesia Triangle that indicates how the seafaring tribes used the stars and winds to arrive in the 118 Polynesian Islands. Then we met up with our tour guide, Aniata, her name translates to "image of the sky". She was excellent and gave us a ...
LOVE that sunset, those smiles and that skyline! Great pics!
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