In the first photo, Kathy is sitting in a chair that is in the lagoon of Fakarava, cooling down. We had just been bumping around a coral road with four dozen people in Le Truck, a cattle car for people. The on-board naturalist and the anthropologist gave us a flavor of life for the people who settled here in about 1200 AD and the 500 or so that continue today. This is the most undeveloped of the stops that we will make.
After walking about for a while, we took a drive to one of the pearl farms on the island. A very small operation with just a few people working, they only have a couple of hours to take the oyster out of the water, carefully pry it open, surgically implant a round core (from a Mississippi oyster!), and get it back in to the water. Instead of waiting two years to see what the ones we were watching might produce, we bought one (Kathy & the owner are pictured).
Lectures, art projects, piano bar sing-alongs with Paul and the food is wonderful. We have met many wonderful people-Nana, the Boston six, Bob, Cary and Jo, and Steve and Fenner from Oahu who we will do a private snorkeling trip with in Bora Bora.
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Can you give more information about the lectures you've mentioned a few times?
This looks so wonderful and I am SOOOO glad you are able to get away and just enjoy yourselves. You are both special to us and we are praying this will be just the BEST time ever. Love, Lauri
Precious image of Kathy sitting with her feet in the water, lovely composition. Good job Scott.
Glad you are enjoying yourselves. It's good to get a taste of how most of the world travels, the cattle car that is ---not the cruise ship it reminds us of how spoiled we are in the PNW!
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