| Gambiers | ||||||||||
| Rikitea Village, Magareva April 2009 | ||||||||||
| Rikitea Village on Mangareva | ||||||||||
| celebrating our arrival with coke floats | ||||||||||
| view through the channel across one part of the lagoon | ||||||||||
| interior of the coral cathedral, mass is now hld in the public gym | ||||||||||
| The altar is decorated with mother-of-pearl and cowry shells. Now it's hidden under plastic and a scaffold. | ||||||||||
| Bouganvillia in amazing colors. | ||||||||||
| We picked passion fruit for a snack on a walk. | ||||||||||
| Silly cow tangled itself around the branches. | ||||||||||
| Walk to end of Mangareva Island to find a jewelry shop. | ||||||||||
| Neither rain nor choppy waters shall stay this dinghy driver from her appointed rounds. Yes, that's her snorkeling mask. | ||||||||||
| Geoff at the belvedere above Rikitea Village. | ||||||||||
| Hike across the island, up and over a hill. | ||||||||||
| These are the mighty chicken hounds that joined us on our hike. | ||||||||||
| View of the anchorage and Rikitea village. Quick, which one is Fafner? | ||||||||||
| Alex at the belvedere. | ||||||||||
| Alex's birthday!!! | ||||||||||
| Bocce is popular. | ||||||||||