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South Pacific - 2015

A voyage through the South Pacific: Fiji, Tonga, Cook Islands, Tahiti, Marquesas, Gambier Islands, Pitcairn Islands (all four of them, which was an amazing feat) and Easter Island. Beautiful water, scenery, people and wildlife.
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South Pacific has beautiful water!
South Pacific has beautiful water!		 Red bamboo on Fiji
Red bamboo on Fiji		 Orchid In Garden of the Sleeping Giant
Orchid In Garden of the Sleeping Giant
Mom and daughter on Taveuni, Fiji
Mom and daughter on Taveuni, Fiji		 Typical house
Typical house		 Fresh coconut milk was almost always offered.
Fresh coconut milk was almost always offered.
A Tonga islander
A Tonga islander		 Dancers
Dancers		 School kids watching the dance perormance
School kids watching the dance perormance
One of our beautiful sunsets
One of our beautiful sunsets		 Saw lots of these tsunami signs...
Saw lots of these tsunami signs...		 A huge crab, maybe two feet wide?
A huge crab, maybe two feet wide?
The water is gorgeous, with every shade of blue and turquoise; prettiest I've ever seen.
The water is gorgeous, with every shade of blue and turquoise; prettiest I've ever seen.		 More dancers; our ship was greeted with entertainment at every landing.
More dancers; our ship was greeted with entertainment at every landing.		 Cook Island greeters
Cook Island greeters
Check out this headress; plastic!
Check out this headress; plastic!		 Cute little girl blowing on a conch shell.
Cute little girl blowing on a conch shell.		 One of Cook's many landing sites.
One of Cook's many landing sites.
More dancers
More dancers		 Sweet?
Sweet?		 I never tire of the colors in the water.
I never tire of the colors in the water.
Bora Bora
Bora Bora		 Tahiti, with Moorea in the background
Tahiti, with Moorea in the background		 Our crew was amazing; we had some challenging zodiac landings.
Our crew was amazing; we had some challenging zodiac landings.
Giant banyan tree on the Marquesas
Giant banyan tree on the Marquesas		 These islands are mountainous
These islands are mountainous		 Tikis on the Marquesas
Tikis on the Marquesas
Another entertainer
Another entertainer		 Harbor in the Marquesas
Harbor in the Marquesas		 Very young dancers in the Tuamotus
Very young dancers in the Tuamotus
Isn't she a cutie?
Isn't she a cutie?		 Posing for us on her bike...
Posing for us on her bike...		 More entertainers...
More entertainers...
The feast they prepared for us.
The feast they prepared for us.		 One of the Gambier Islands; this one was a palm forest.
One of the Gambier Islands; this one was a palm forest.		 See the eel? It was as surprised as our guide.
See the eel? It was as surprised as our guide.
Another typical dwelling
Another typical dwelling		 More beautiful water
More beautiful water		 And a beautiful sky and clouds
And a beautiful sky and clouds
Isn't this what you think of when you think of the South Pacific?
Isn't this what you think of when you think of the South Pacific?		 Masked booby protecting her baby
Masked booby protecting her baby		 Pitcairn Island! There are four islands in its group, and we landed on each one; a rare accomplishment.
Pitcairn Island! There are four islands in its group, and we landed on each one; a rare accomplishment.
Had to go through waves like these in order to land on the main Pitcairn Island.
Had to go through waves like these in order to land on the main Pitcairn Island.		 Always have to throw in a flower photo...
Always have to throw in a flower photo...		 Looking down from high on Pitcairn to a natural swimming pool.
Looking down from high on Pitcairn to a natural swimming pool.
Signpost on Pitcairn
Signpost on Pitcairn		 My enounter with a masked booby
My enounter with a masked booby		 She sees me
She sees me
She tells me to leave
She tells me to leave		 Mother and adolescent masked booby
Mother and adolescent masked booby		 Fluffy masked booby baby
Fluffy masked booby baby
Booby shedding its baby fur
Booby shedding its baby fur		 Look at this crab.
Look at this crab.		 Curlew
Curlew
Fairy tern egg on a branch
Fairy tern egg on a branch		 Fairy tern baby; once it hatches, it will not move until it can fly away!
Fairy tern baby; once it hatches, it will not move until it can fly away!		 Adult white/fairy tern
Adult white/fairy tern
Mlurphy's petrel; they nest on the ground, as there are no predators
Mlurphy's petrel; they nest on the ground, as there are no predators		 Terns in the air
Terns in the air		 Red footed booby and baby in nest
Red footed booby and baby in nest
Same pair
Same pair		 Easter Island, our first moai and our great little ship, the Caledonian Sky
Easter Island, our first moai and our great little ship, the Caledonian Sky		 I remember this setting from my previous visit.
I remember this setting from my previous visit.
Easter Island is volcanic; so its coasts have jagged, black, volcanic rocks.
Easter Island is volcanic; so its coasts have jagged, black, volcanic rocks.		 Moai toppled
Moai toppled		 Moai lying in the quarry
Moai lying in the quarry
Moai standing in the quarry
Moai standing in the quarry		 This is the largest moai and never made it out of the quarry
This is the largest moai and never made it out of the quarry		 One of the most famous views of the moai
One of the most famous views of the moai
Closer view
Closer view		 View from the top of a volcano
View from the top of a volcano		 Storm coming?
Storm coming?
Crater lake/marsh
Crater lake/marsh		 Rainbow; fitting end to a great trip
Rainbow; fitting end to a great trip
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Guest 03-Jan-2017 20:55
Right! That is beautiful water…clean and unpolluted.
Bev
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