Day 75 More musings

And more photos edited
Kurt and Mark surfed as usual although the wave is not as large as they would like. There is supposed to be a swell coming in by Wednesday although the Southern parts of the islands will get the best part of it.
Today was day three of working with photographs. I still am unable to get the blog working but I am making progress on getting photos edited, labeled and put into folders.
Some additional thoughts on cruising.
Apart from weather restrictions, we are able to go to any island at any time so long as the water is deep enough. We meet people at the hotels who have come as far as we have and except for one day excursions arranged by the hotels, most of them do not see the sights of the island they are on. Not only that, they do not see other islands - particularly those that do not have an airport. Polynesia covers an area larger than all of Europe yet there is less than 80,000 square miles of land and it is divided into thousands of islands. There are innumerable opportunities for surfing, diving, snorkeling, beaching, hiking, fishing, meeting local people or just relaxing that can only be reached by boat.
Of course one needs the luxuries of time, a boat and probably a companion or crew but the reward is many times greater than can be achieved in the resort hotel. Perhaps the way to begin such an adventure is to charter a boat from Moorings or the like and start from Raiatea or Tonga for at least of week of adventure. I know I will likely do something like this when this trip is over.