LIfe in Taou continued...

Apologies for these not all being in chronological order but there are just too many!

Hunter hunting

broken

This is supposed to be straight!

A few weeks of hard work...

and this is the fixed bowsprit

typical lunch with our Tuamotu family

dressed up for my birthday party!

Valentine and Hunter throw me an amazing  party-the decorations and all the flower dressings took days and days to make.!

Making black pearl necklaces

One of Kai's many jobs-making them a new table out of an old one!

cleaning fish

sharks!

baiting sharks so I can show you what happens to their eyes when they come in for an attack...

see the white covering?

The men return ing fromt the lobster hunt

So many lobsters!

We're just happy to have dad back safe and sound!

homemade Cakes  and breads every day
(thats a bowl of coconut milk Kai made-it took two hours to get that much.

Husking coconuts is not for sissies

grilling bread for lunch
(cooked in leaves on the BBQ)

our typical lunch

Motu

This is bad weather coming

Oliver!

A little bit of hearts will live here forever

getting whupped in Patonk by Phiippe ( Valentine's step-father)

One little piggy ready for dinner

Sweet Maeti

readying for bad weather-extra lines to the mooring
( lot of good it did us) 

This is what a ( nasty) approaching squall looks like

the storm clears

damages

this is us the morning after the storm-talking about our broken bowsprit

Jon and Kai figuring it out

meanwhile life goes on...

HUnter making a fire to burn paper trash

the washing up station for dishes