Nuku Hiva
The festival on Ua Huka came to an end, and on 19/12 we moved on to the neighboring island – and the main island of the Marquesas – Nuku Hiva. First of all, to recover from the overload of activity and the stressful, annoying anchoring during the festival, we sailed into a deep and beautiful bay called Taipai, where only two other boats were anchored, and at a comfortable distance from us. What a relief! We stayed there for three or four nights, doing very little, apart from a short walk and visit in the tiny village and eating croissants and pain o chocolate (surely misspelled, but never mind) at a local bakery. There is a historical site there with stone statues of the old-time locals, but also another, rather surprising and interesting statue made of wood, commemorating a visit by a famous person to the valley. The famous person is Herman Melville, the author of the classic novel “Moby Dick”. (By the way, despite it being a classic, and despite it being about the sea, I never ...