Marquisas, French Polynesia 3 Feb 2012 3:45 a.m. 08S27 140W32
We are officially on our way out of town. Fully stocked and provisioned, we headed out at the crack of dusk. We sailed out of the bay and past the point just in time to see the sun hit the water instead of the mountain in the west. We have one more uninhabited island to visit for a day or two before we continue north to Hawaii. We should arrive around 10 a.m. = in 6 hours or so.
It’s another melancholy departure for me, we’ve loved our time here. Friends stopped by briefly to say goodbye, and as they motored off in their dinghy, their son (around 6 years old) called out “Vous allez me manquez, c’est tout.” (I’m going to miss you. That’s all). It definitely brought on that wet eyed, burny nose feeling. Yea…that’s all. I’m going to miss this place, these people, C’est tout.
xoxomo
Hi y’all,
Just spent an half hour catching up on your trip. I had quite a lot of, as usual, fascinating reading to do. As I went to Pitcairn, lost my rudder, and went south of the Tuomotus, I missed the Marquesas entirely. So it is good to pullout my atlas and trace your trip. Glad you were able to resurrect your computer. You will have a wonderful and fairly easy assembling your book when you return.
Safe trip to Hawaii, Art and Mechtild
Thanks Art! Well we missed Pitcairn. In fact, we missed lots you covered! We keep saying, “next time.” After all we have to save something for next time, if we explore it all now, where will the fun of exploration be next time.