Living in Paradise - Fakarava, French Polynesia
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ส.ค. 2023
- Yes, we are still in Fakarava and finding it very difficult to leave here.
So far this has been one of the best places we have been to.
In this episode we get a fresh delivery of food from the supply ship. All the sailors and locals head to the shop.
As fresh produce is offloaded from the ship it goes directly onto the shelves off. The local shops. We try to buy everything we need and make sure we leave enough for everyone else.
Despite everyone clambering around for the freshest produce, everyone is friendly and helpful.
A Friend of ours, Keary, who also visited us in Panama has joined us again for some sailing. He came with loads of gifts for us and the boys.
We couldn’t wait to get hime down to the South Pass for some snorkelling and to explore the pink sand beaches with us.
As Per usual, the south pass never lets us down and we get to see some amazing Napoleon Wrasse, Black tip reef sharks and plenty of yellow snapper.
I do think that the Pink Sand beach area of Fakarava is possibly one of the most beautiful areas in this region.
We are the only people there and enjoy floating along the channel between the motus with the current from the outside of the reef to the inside of the atoll. The water is crystal clear and warm. Heaven on earth.
We also go to Harifa which is a very popular kite surfing area within the atoll. Ashore we find some small pigs which often end up on the BBQ here if there are enough sailors wanting to take part.
After exploring Haifa again, we make our way back to the north of Fakarave to get Keary back to the airport in time for his flight.
Perfect timing as the supply ship was here again allowing us to do some more provisioning.
Lovely, relaxing, informative, jealousy-inducing; yep, thanks! ☺
Hi, Thanks for watching. great news that you enjoyed the video.
,,High tide, however still beautiful" I think that was the reason why it was so beautiful! It looked absolutely magical. I hope to be there next year - in Fakarava. 🩵 I love your sailing videos.
Thank you for watching. Fakarava is one of our favourite places and I hope to get back there one day. You will love it there.
Always a lovely fresh look at life outside a city. I follow you guys on your expeditions and find out about things that you never think of. Always natural, never contrived. A beautiful family. My hat off to you guys. My most best and heartfelt wishes of good luck on your trips.
Hi. Thanks for the great comment. Sailing has been one of the best ways to have an adventure as a family. We have enjoyed every minute of it despite some challenges along the way. Thanks for your wishes and take a look at our new video if you have the time.
French Polynesia is surely one of the more fascinating as well as isolated places on the planet. The Groupers plainly agree, and they know the oceans well. Glorious atolls, lagoons, reefs. Love them piggies. The little shops are interesting, as you wonder about their supply challenges. Understandable that you wish to hang about for a while. Your unhurried exploration has provided us a nice overview of this paradise.
It is an amazing place and there is so much to see here. Obviously we all typically go to Tahiti or Bora Bora when we come to this region but the true paradise is a short flight away in the Tuamotus. There are so many remote island groups in addition to the Tuamotus that you can explore this area for years and never stay in the same place. Only really possible by boat of course. We started our journey in Spain but I think if I were to do it again, I would start here though the danger is that you never go anywhere else. The supply ship goes to a couple of the atolls in the Tuamotus and then the locals make their own way to these atolls from outlying areas on their own small boats. Fakarava also has the airport and there are people in Tahiti that will shop for specific items for you and get them on the flight to the atoll for you to pick up. A great network that works well. Thanks again for watching
@@SailingMokara Yeah, the supply process to remote places like this is interesting, especially a cooperation network.
Nice video! I miss the boys doing their jobs starring in your vlogs. But I guess having that AND the pretty landscapes is too much to ask.
Hi. Thanks for watching and for the comments Maloy. We had a great time in this video. Yes the boys need to do more starring roles in our videos. As they get older they are less inclined to want to be filmed. I hope you are well and thanks again for watching.
@@SailingMokara You can tell them that many 16-year-old girls watch sailing videos to meet hot boys to naughty-Skype with. Or so I heard.
17:55 JAYSUS!!!! You were right! Dylan's voice is now deeper than yours. 😀 HE should get a job and provide for the family now.
I am with you on that one.
Nice video. Like watching those old travel films from the ‘60s. I could be mistaken but it sounded like at some point in time between the filming and the post-production voice-over that your young man’s voice changed.
Thanks for watching. Yes his voice has changed since we made the video. We are working on catching up with our videos. He has grown up so quickly….. Too quickly.
@@SailingMokara it seems like my two boys went from first grade to their mid-30s in only a few months. It goes by FAST.
19:37 Dont fall in, guys! Daddy's beer just arrived on the big ship! No time to fish you out!
1:13 Ahhhhh. This is SO diyllic! And that red roof!!! YUM!
3:05 That's a REALLY nice design! Function AND style. Wow. I'll take that over Charles de Gaulle terminal 2 any day.
8:36 Meat sticks with Dyl... you have to say it out loud to understand the full depth of my humor. 😀
Have you tried taking (most) of your clothes OFF to enjoy the actual feel of tropical water?
12:06 That gruppy is thinking, can't you tear off LARGER PIECES, you stupid bipods!?
13:20 That's at least 20kW of solar power. And there's a similar array a bit further down. Village power station? Or just for one house?
I believe it is part village and dive shop power supply.
21:16 What a sweet little piglet!!! Is that a wild boar he's playing with? 😛
😛 That is a lucky piglet for the moment. They BBQ them here when there are enough hungry sailors. Yes, a very wild boar that he is playing with.
20:10 What's that sound? Does the fish make it? Or Mom's cooking in Dad's tummy?
My stomach has made similar noises in the past but this time, it wasn't me and I have no idea what it is........ Possibly Dylan.
20:58 The only way to deboard a dinghy.
3:49 Whatever that is. 😀THAT, my dear Shawn, is a light house... or maybe a lighthouse. And a VERY clever one. You can only see the light at a VERY specific angle which I suppose is alligned to the entrance into the atoll. You don't see the light - you're heading into the reef. Clever.
Some outboards I see in that village are outside MY price range. How do they afford all that?
I think mostly the locals do quite well of tourism etc. Remember they most don't have cars so this is their car to an extent and if you look at it from that perspective it is a cheaper item.
@@SailingMokara Hmmm.... an interesting observation. I didn't think about it that way.
19:50 ROFLMAO Just HOW lazy you need to be to NOT put the other flipper on and keep swimming in one! 😀😀😀
5:55 Those decorations are amazing! Those are just fenders, aren't they? A little creativity - et voila, a nice looking street!
PS And yet again, I'm asking where are all the people. I only saw locals at the shop. The streets are completely empty. Nobody takes a walk, kids are not swimming in the ocean... ghost-island.
I’m trying to get to raraka from fakarava on a trip soon. Any ideas who I could contact for transport. I’m kinda just showing up 😅
Hi. Where is Raraka? Give me a bit more info and hopefully I can help. Thanks
I see where Raraka is. Very close to Fakarava. So 38.7 Nautical Miles from the South Pass of Fakarava to the pass entry on the north of Raraka where the village is. The other option is from the north pass of Fakarava to Raraka which is 43.8 Nautical miles as the crow flies.
Best bet is to get a local to take you. Tetamanu Diving organises transfers from the south pass of Fakarava to the north of Fakarava. They are worth contacting to see what they can arrange for you. www.tetamanudiving.com/en/
Thank you so much! This may be a game changer
Tetamanu - FACEPALM? 🙂
11:28 WHAT is your offspring doing in the background? Tell me that's not a sledgehammer and there is no Dylan under that door frame!
0:24 Does the ship enter the atoll or does it park on the outside?
9:10 (ish) Oh please don't do that! Bury Manfred at sea. You have NO idea what a problem invasive species can be. Ask Australian kangaroos what they think about the english sheep.
DO NOT just say bonjour! Always add who you're talking to! Bonjour, monsieur. Or bonjour, madame.
7:00 NOT BAD, POPS!
4:49 Kiwi? Did you mean Fiji? 😀
Two small observations about your family:
1. Where do your kids go barefoot? Grass, prickly undergrowth, asphalt. When do they wear shoes? WHEN SWIMMING!
2. When do you NOT wear masks? When in a port on quarantine. When DO you wear masks? On a dinghy in the middle of the harbor with no humans in sight.
How do you maintain such perfect George-Michealian beard? Salt-n-pepper. Your wife should get herself a long thick stick to chase away starlets.
1:39 No batteries included. And neither they are for the scooter.
2:07 THAT is a VERY short phone number. 🙂