Nuku Hiva

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.