I guess most couples would be thrilled to celebrate an anniversary in French Polynesia. I guess that's why Sam brought us here, right? Some friends of ours were going to hike to the waterfall, so since we enjoyed it so much the first time around, we decided to do it again. (See prior photo and story from June 14th). The waterfall is actually right behind us, but you can't see it in this photo.

This time it didn't rain the entire way and Sam even went swimming in the pool at the base. He didn't see any eels, but as we were leaving and traversing a creek, I did see one about 2 feet long hiding under a rock. I made the mistake of pointing it out to one of our friends and he promptly touched the eel's tail which made it shoot straight out into the stream towards me. Thanks, guy. But, alas, the current caught it and carried it away at the last moment. According to the locals, the eels do bite. They do eat them, so I guess they should know.