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Huahine's landscape is not quite as spectacular as Moorea's or Bora Bora's, but it is a pleasant island with good infrastructure and friendly locals. We spent three relaxed weeks there in August 2015.

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1/39: Welcome!
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3/39: Reconstruction of a chief house. Fare Potee (= oval house).
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5/39: Marae (temple platform) in the forest.
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7/39: Most tourists stay in pensions. On the west coast we saw only one hotel with lagoon bungalows.
8/39: Flat tyre...
9/39: Haapu bay.
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12/39: Starting our dinghy pyjama project...
13/39: piece by piece...
14/39: Typical small garden with bananas, papayas and taro.
15/39: Baie d'Avea
16/39: Stray dogs get whatever Leeloo refuses.
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19/39: This bridge connects Huaine Iti with Huaine Nui.
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21/39: Searching for pumpkins.
22/39: Found one ;-)
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24/39: Hana Iti beach.
25/39: Whales swimming close to Pitufa.
26/39: Paul visits us on Pitufa. He cannot speak but communicates with gestures.
27/39: Fish traps with tiny huts.
28/39: The cruise ship Paul Gaugin
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30/39: Plantation of water melons on the northern motu.
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34/39: Marae right on the beach
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37/39: Too cold for snorkeling...
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39/39: Greater crested tern.