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Wir verbrachten Juli und August 2014 auf diesen Zwillingsinseln. Toll fanden wir die netten Einheimischen und die Nähe zwischen türkisen Ankerplätzen am Aussenriff und tief in die Berge reichenden Buchten. Auf den 2. Blick erkannten wir auch Nachteile: tote Korallen, kaum Fische in der Lagune, Cruiser sind auf privaten Motus nich willkommen, Müll neben den Straßen... Dass wir beide vom Dengue-Fieber niedergestreckt wurden war halt auch nicht lustig.

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1/50: Passieren Huahine bei Sonnenaufgang.
2/50: Entering the Lagoon of Tahaa and Raiatea
3/50: Haamene bay on Tahaa
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5/50: Vanilla is an important export good
6/50: Family graves in many front gardens
7/50: The dance group of Haamene prepares the costumes for the Heiva.
8/50: Dress rehearsal in Haamene
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11/50: Heiva in Patio, Tahaa's main town.
12/50: For those who aren't much into dancing...
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16/50: Haul-out at Raiatea Carenage: fixing the shaft seal.
17/50: Back to Tahaa, this time the west coast.
18/50: Tapuamu bay on Tahaa, Bora Bora in the background.
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20/50: Anchored on the western barrier reef
21/50: Visiting the coral garden next to the 'Le Tahaa' Hotel
22/50: The 'coral garden' is one of the rare spots in the Society Islands where the coral is still alive.
23/50: Maybe not much longer...
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30/50: Woke up shivering...
31/50: ...and high fever. We both caught dengue while on the hard at Carenage.
32/50: After one week in bed we managed to move to Uturoa and went to Raiatea's hospital.
33/50: At the town pier of Uturoa.
34/50: Small pearl farm.
35/50: The calm anchorage off Motu Tipaemau was just right to get our strength back after dengue.
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37/50: Practicing paddling straight ahead in our newly bought but elderly inflatable kayak.
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39/50: Floating hermit.
40/50: Dinghy excursion into the Faaroa river.
41/50: (Hitch-)Hiking to the southern coast of Raiatea.
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44/50: Marae (temple site) in Opoa.
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46/50: Avera
47/50: Anchored on the barrier reef (fenders in front keep the chain above coral heads)
48/50: Magically calm Vairahi bay.
49/50: Hike to the 3 Cascades from Vairahi.
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