Sorry guys that this hasn’t been updated. We ended up being
at sea for 30 days! Way longer than expected.
The winds kept changing on us and we had to sail really east to be able
to reach the Marquesas. On the 4th
day it started pouring and didn’t stop till a week later. But the 7th
day it stopped for two hours and was really sunny. The pod of 20 dolphins came
and joined us during that time and swam with the boat for an hour which isn’t
very common. We stopped the boat and got
in the water to swim with them. A week later we were in the doldrums. There
wasn’t any wind for a few days so we just motored. The ocean looked like a huge
lake and the sky reflected off it perfectly.
On Sept 11 we finally reached the equator!! A huge accomplishment and
headed into the southern hemisphere! The whole 30 days we pretty much slept ate
read and sailed.
Finally saw our first
landfall on Sept 16
th. We reached Eiao Island, which is the most
northern island of the Marquesas chain. No one lives there but there is a nice
cove to anchor in with a red beach! We went exploring and found a waterfall.
Since its so small we decided to leave the next day to Nuku Hiva. It took us a
little less than a day to get there.
Kaoha! Like Aloha but in Marquesian language. We have been eating tons of cheese and fresh
bread every day. Everyone speaks French and some people a little English. On
our first day we met a bunch of other people that had sailed to Nuku Hiva.
Walking down the main road of the town we met Alba (Spanish), Mattis
(Chillean/Spanish), and Matt (Australia).
All three are so friendly and love to travel. The four of us made
friends with a local guy named Lido while hitch hiking around the island. He
took us to many cool bays around the island, bought us local treats and than
set us up to hike into a little town called Anaho to meet his friends. Anaho
bay is one of the most beautiful bays in the world supposedly and it sure does
live up to its name. We hungout with
three families and became real good friends with them all. They made us tons of
good local food. They taught us how to find octopus at low tide and we caught 5
of them! Here's one of them on my head it’s cool thing to do these days ;). We
had a lunch the next day before we hiked out of there. We had roasted goat and
pig that had been cooked underground all night, breadfruit, and roasted
octopus. The people on this island are seriously the friendliest people I have
ever met. Everyone loves their island so much and they want others to enjoy it
as much as they do. One day I’m for sure coming back. 
