Where did that week go? We have been in the main anchorage at Taiohae for most of the week with just a short trip to Anse Hakatea (Daniel's Bay) for a couple of nights. It's on the SW corner of Nuku Hiva and the scenery there is pretty spectacular with high mountains rising straight up from the anchorage. It is the site of one series of Survivor. We did the popular walk to Vaipo Falls, at 350m, it's the tallest in French Polynesia. It was a pretty walk criss-crossing a small river, and part of the way bordered by a variety of fruit trees (mango, custard apple, breadfruit, banana, pistache, guava, lemon, orange) and tropical flowers. Another highlight at Daniel's Bay was watching a manta ray doing upside down tumble turns right next to the boat. We've been suffering somewhat from the heat and humidity. You know the type of heat that turns your clothing into limp rags and sleeping is more like tossing and turning on a soggy pillow. Rain showers come and go periodically so we have to close all the hatches, then the boat gets stinking hot inside. There are also lots of biting insects, mainly small mosquitoes and no-no's (similar to sandflies). The latter were especially bad at Daniel's Bay and we both have lots of itchy bites now despite liberally applying insect repellant and using mozzie screens on all the hatches. So, I guess HOT and ITCHY just about sums it up! We'll be heading off to Ua Pou tomorrow, continuing our journey through the Marquesas for another couple of weeks before crossing to the Tuamotus.