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We spent our last southern summer here exploring off the beaten track in the Austral Islands. A last highlight, before we leave our home-base French Polynesia after almost 9 years here.

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1/44: The Australs get lots of rain...
2/44: ...and wind.
3/44: Our Rutland wind generator helped with our energy situation.
4/44: There's no 4G in the Australs, so we lived on the edge and used the wifi-spots of post office to up and download stuff.
5/44: Staple food taro. This packages contain smashed taro, popoi.
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11/44: We found incredibly spectacular anchorages...
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13/44: Even though some were very hard to access.
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15/44: The people here keep their culture alive
16/44: Hatmaking is a speciality
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22/44: We visited school classes...
23/44: ...and made new friends
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25/44: We did many hikes...
26/44: ...and quite often got stuck in the dense vegetation.
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33/44: We explored caves...
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39/44: We found some wonderfully healthy underwater landscapes with a huge variety of coral.
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41/44: Rahui (traditional fishing bans) ensure numerous and curious fishies...
42/44: Galapagos sharkies accompanied us whenever we went into the water...
43/44: The Austral islands were a wonderful last destination here in French Polynesia.
44/44: This picture is not colour-enhanced, the sunset was really that incredibly colourful ;-)