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Panta Rhei's Photos - Papeete
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A local Marquesan showing how to gain access to coconut juice from a green coconut. Photo taken on the way back from the hike to the Waterfall in Daniels Bay, Nuku Hiva
showing how to get coconut meat in a mature coconut. He sits on the tool and scrapes the coconut and the child catches the scrapings. Very effective.
leaving the first marquesan host home after the hike to the waterfall with loads of fruit and bananas
This is the group and you can see the trail here is like a park
Stripping the husk off a mature coconut requires a special tool and strength and technique. A lesson is in process in this photo
lesson interrupted due to failure by Mark. The initial stripping is demonstrated again to Mark
Katie Sizer at the second Marquesan home
Larry with hiking sticks which really work well when fording streams
The pool at the bottom of the waterfall is muddy
The warning says it is UNADVISED to travel when raining due to falling rocks. It has just started to rain.
The waterfall we are hiking toward
better picture of waterfall
in the pools at the waterfall looking out toward the trail
it is a rocky bottom and tricky to move across. this is looking out from the middle pool
looking across the pool from the entrance to the waterfall. note that we are in a basin of vertical walls and very green
 
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