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Archive for the ‘Tikehau’ Category.

Good-bye Tikehau

January 13, 2011 Last chance to fish in the lagoon. I got up at 5 and biked over to the pier again. I had a great morning experience with the sun rising and a fresh wind blowing. The morning is really the best time of day in this climate.  I read more…

Tikehau – 6eme jour – Baptême de plongée de Viktor et Hélène

Janvier 12, 2011 Aujourd’hui, c’était au tour de Viktor et Hélène de faire un baptême de plongée. On avait un peu hésité car les blessures de Viktor étaient encore fraiches. Mais les plaies ayant bien séché, on a décidé de tenter le coup. Le bateau du Raie Manta Club est venu nous read more…

Tikehau – Day 5 – Diving

January 11, 2011 Given Viktor´s accident yesterday only Adrian and I went diving today and we were very much looking forward to it. Neither one of us has ever dived before. A long time ago we thought abut getting diving certificates before the voyage, but we somehow didn´t mange to find read more…

Tikehau – Day 4 – Danger in Paradise

January 10, 2011 After a slow morning we headed out on the bikes to have a look at the reef side of Tikehau, the side facing towards the ocean. We passed by the east end of the airport. Here is the end of the runway. No fences or other fancy read more…

Tikehau – Day 3 – Chilling Out

January 9, 2011 I got up at 05:15 to once again attempt to restore my reputation. I biked over to town and down to the port. I had kept the small fish that had been refused access to the kitchen yesterday and now used them as bait. I had a read more…

Tikehau – Day 2 – Lagoon Excursion

January 8, 2011 Determined to restore my honor I got up at 5:30 to go fishing. I grabbed one of the plastic kayaks and headed for the boulders two islands down the beach. I had made sure to put aside a piece of French bread at dinner yesterday, which would read more…

Tikehau – Day 1 – Looking Around

January 7, 2011 Our last night on Easter Island we had managed to forget to close the window in the kids´s room. It was open behind the curtain. By the time we noticed, their bedroom was swarming with mosquitoes. At breakfast it became painfully clear how bad parents we are: read more…

From Tahiti to Tikehau

January 6, 2011 We had a 2:35 pm flight to Tikehau and could take it easy in the morning. We showed up at breakfast just before closing at 9:30. We have a family rule that everyone speaks French when we are in France, so we had all switched to French read more…

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