Candid Papeete
Papeete is a place where grit meets paradise and the story is in the faces. Bus Stop Girl… and her mom. The city…
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The Fakaravan Clam Files
S loves clams almost as much as pelicans. We found a bunch of them in the shallow shallows of south Fakarava. Ladies and gentlemen… a…
The Manta Bellies of Fakarava
The mantas of Fakarava have lily white bellies… … that remind us of our own cold-climate mayonnaise coloration. The whiteness of these manta bellies…
South Fakarava
The south Fakarava pass is a UNESCO World Heritage site for very good reason. It is a place where the frontier of development meets the…
The Fickle Sucker
We’ve all known this type, the fair-weather friend who provides great company as long as there’s the possibility of snack. This little Shark Sucker opportunist…
Pass D’Otao, Tahanea Atoll
Tahanea has three main passes into the atoll. The smallest one is a playground for drift diving and fish watching. The technique is to run…
The Fish of Bird Island (as we know it), Tahanea Atoll
The subsea features of Bird Island were every bit as interesting as the airborne ones. The west side of the island was covered in dense…
The Birds of Bird Island (as we know it), Tahanea Atoll
There is a motu within Tahanea Atoll where no rats live. There are very few such places on the planet. Among thousands of micro-islands strewn…
The Middle of Tahanea
We have indeed left our bulletproof anchorage tucked inside the lagoon near the main pass. We had a sweet, sweet spot in 10 ft of…
Pass Teavatapu, Tahanea Atoll
We slipped into Tahanea after a calm night of incredibly slow sailing. Our entry was well timed and we eased around the pass reefs into…