Relaxing in Rangiroa

0800 Position 14-58S 147-38W. At anchor in the lee of Reporepo Motu, Rangiroa

I messed up the title of yesterday's blog. There's too many "R" islands here in paradise – Raiatea, Rarotonga, Raraka, Raivavae, Rangiroa…. We won't be getting to Raiatea for a while.

We are still in a holding pattern due to the weather so we had a lazy day yesterday. We spent much of the morning in the Chez Lili café sipping coffee and using the internet. Afterwards we went for a hike around the island, built up a thirst, and went back to Chez Lili for a beer. Life is not easy here.

We are getting restless though. It doesn't look like the trade winds will shift or die off enough for us to work our way east to Fakarava anytime soon so we are looking at alternatives. Our current plan is to explore some more of the Rangiroa lagoon today and then head for the eastern end of the island of Tahiti tomorrow.

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