Greetings
from Nuka Hiva,
We
finally made it to Nuka Hiva, after having missed it because of rough seas on
our way to Papeete, Tahiti. Nuka Hiva is
the largest of the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia and is an overseas
territory of France.
Herman
Melville wroth his book, “Typee” based on his experiences in the Taipivai
Valley on the eastern part of Nuka Hiva and Robert Louis Stevenson made
landfall here on the north side in 1888.
As you can see by the photos, some of the island is rocky and barren and
parts are lush and green. There are pine
forest plantations and parts of the island give an overall impression of the
lower Alps and parts of Germany, Wales and Switzerland. The highest peak is just a hair over 4,000
feet.
We are at
Latitude 8°55.37’ S and Longitude 140° 06.10’ W, so just south of the equator.
We will
pull up our anchor at sunset and spend a day at sea before we reach Rangiroa,
our next island for a glass bottom boat ride over a Coral Garden. Should be nice.
Until
next time, God Bless you all.
Jud and
Vicki
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