Nuku Hiva - More Pictures

7122 This is the Taipivai Valley and Bay.  You can see the little village of Taipivai spread out going up the valley.

7125 This is a closer shot of the black sand beach at the end of the bay and the river flowing into it at the top of the beach.

7129 Looking down on Taipivai Bay.  You can see the two legs of it on either side of the middle hill.  Just to the right of the peak of the hill you can see another bay going off to the left.  That’s Tai Pi Bay.  The point of land farthest from the viewpoint is Tikupo Point.  Melon Headed Whales gather there in spawning season. 

7147 Diana and our driver-guide

7232 Sailing away from Nuku Hiva, six days at sea and then Long Beach, USA.  That’s my wildest shirt.  It batik from Saint Lucia.