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Hanging out at Motu Puaumu in the north feels like being in the Tuamotus, but the high islands with their protected bays and lush mountains are just a few miles away.

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1/28: Finding an anchoring spot between all those coral heads wasn't easy.
2/28: Between the airport and Puaumu in the very north the reef is dotted with tiny motus.
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5/28: Searching for shells
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21/28: Large triggerfish
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24/28: Adlerrochen
25/28: Excursion to the neighboring motus Tepapuri and Teauaone.
26/28: Remnants of a house
27/28: There's a huge sandbank and a long beach between those two motus in the northwest corner of the archipelago.
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