The 2nd part of the rally was beach activites including outrigger canoes race and other traditional sports including fruit carrying, coconut husking and stone lifting. We made of team of 4 with Colin and Anna from Maya 3. We won out heat in the outrigger canoes which was great fun but a lot harder than it looks. Next was fruit carrying – there was a branch with bananas tied to both ends then you had to carry on your shoulder around a course before passing to the next person to complete a lap. Jonny and I did this for our team and after Jonnys lap we were in 2nd place unfortunately the bananas were very heavy and a couple of guys over took me putting us 5th out of 6th!! After lunch we had the coconut husking after a demonstration from the locals we had to husk, crack, extract the meat and then make as much coconut milk as possible. Unfortunately our coconut had the smallest nut so we didn't get much milk but it was great to learn the method. The final activity was stone lifting which the local made look easy but only a few cruisers tried. By the end of the day our team came 5th which we were pleased with.
After a much needed swim we headed over to Maya 3 for a pot luck dinner.
The Tahiti to Moorea rally is a free event held around this time every year. It has been a great event and we would strongly recommend any cruisers coming this way next year get involved.
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