Moving On

We are now getting ready to move on from French Polynesia. It has been two months since we arrived to Hiva Oa after crossing the Pacific. Hard to believe as the time seems to have flown by.

We were lucky to be in Bora Bora for the start of the annual Heiva festival, which is the 'celebration of life'. It is a month long festival with traditional dancing, drumming and singing; canoe races, sports matches and lots of eating and drinking. The ladies wear flowers in their hair and long flowing dresses with bright flower designs. They are really beautiful. We attended the festivities in the town square a couple of nights. It was like stepping back in time. The costumes were enchanting, the drumming furious and the dancing hypnotic. What a delightful end to our stay in French Polynesia.

With every place you go there are the sights and sounds that will always stay with you. For me it will be listening to the sound of the drums through the night to the early morning hours as we sleep in the gentle motions of the boat at anchor in the lagoon, the light of the full moon slipping by shining through the top hatches into our bed.