15th May Taiohae Bay, Nuku Hiva, Marquesas, French Polynesia

We arrived into Taiohae Bay at 7am and dropped the anchor. It is a spectacular place with stunning green cliffs surrounding the anchorage. After breakfast and some tidying up we headed ashore to check in. It took us an hour to get the dinghy ready because the clamps on the outboard motor had seized and it took lots of grease and brut force to get them off!! On the dock we met Lucey Blue and found out info about check in, banks and shops from them. Check in was straight forward and we headed to the bank to get our Central Pacific Francs (CPF). At the supermarket we bought french baguettes for lunch and ice cream - yummy! The supermarket was quite well stocked with long life products but have very little fresh produce - no fruit or veg. In the afternoon we cleaned the hull and Jonny slept whilst i went to visit Lucey Blue. We were in bed by 7.30 ready for a much needed full nights sleep!!