The French Polynesia Heiva Festival was still on across the islands. And in Bora Bora they had dancing and drumming shows in an open stadium by the waterfront every evening. We went to one of the larger Saturday Night shows and really enjoyed the spectacular costumes, dancing and drumming. The drumming in particular is amazing, both visually to watch, and to listen to. Every night we and all the other cruisers would hear it coming across the water and everyone enjoyed it.

We came back to the boat the other day and found Pippi had managed to catch a bird on the deck. There were feathers all over the cabin floor and the poor little bird was sitting on a shelf, looking beat up and in shock. Ian carried it in the dinghy to shore and put it in the arm of a tree. I’m sure the poor thing didn’t survive.