Huahine, Fare

Polynesia is credited with inventing surfing and Huahine is the centre of all this. Huahine's waves attract international champions in the world of surfing. While that is not quite our line of activity, one of the best spots happens to be right where you enter the pass at Fare. It also happened some winter storms to the South of us swept up a big swell, resulting in good break...

Looking sideways one boat length away from Bravado as we enter the pass.

Whisper a "buddy boat" of ours enters the pass.

Truth be told, the waves (just) don't break in the pass, but it certainly makes for a memorable entry!

Fare itself lives at the lazy, slow pace of the South Seas of old. We spent time along the main tree-lined street facing the wharf and hiked North towards Lake Fauna Nui, where there are some of the best preserved Marae, social/religious gathering sites of French Polynesia. We also saw some V-shaped damns in the tidal gateway. They are centuries old, but still used today. They drive the fish together, making it easier to catch them as the tides carry them in an out of the lake.

V-shaped fish trap at Maeva.

Marae at Maeva.

TRUTH IN REPORTING STATEMENT
To keep our readers in rainy Europe happy: From time to time, we experience serious tropical rainstorms. Often they last only a few minutes but then again, sometimes they last a lot longer. We hate to disappoint, but generally we like them as they give us and the boat a nice fresh water rinse...

Lariekoek during a rainstorm