Day 86 Rain day

Ending with cards
The weather front that was indicated by the cirrus clouds came in this morning in the form of wind and heavy cold rain that killed the waves on the reef. What do you do on a rain day? Go to the movies. We turned on the generator (I am so glad it is finally working) and connected my computer to the external speakers and flat screen and ignored the pounding rain while we watched Layer Cake - one of the group of a new British genre of crime films. Like the other Guy Richie films, this one is full of memorable dialogue that becomes part of boat conversations for days afterward.
In the afternoon, the rain stopped so we went ashore to try to use the Internet. Success was minimal but I think I was able to send this "posting summary" to Tim. I won't know if it sent until we can connect again. The Internet in all of French Polynesia has so far been more myth than reality. I expected that at least in Tahiti we would have a connection like the one in Mexico. For the first month the best we saw was a horribly slow dial-up. Then they got DSL a month ago but it seems very unreliable. It is very frustrating to attempt to reach your e-mail site and then sit and watch the screen while the progress counter does not move. Here in Huahine there is supposedly high speed Wi-Fi but most of the time, it does not connect to the Internet. When it does, the best I seem to be able to send is text.
We discovered a different restaurant on the main street and I again enjoyed a meal that is becoming my favorite in Polynesia - "Poisson Cru au lait coco". This is raw fish in coconut milk. The fish can be tuna, wahoo or marlin and so far it has been delicious every time. The dish usually includes some cucumber and lime juice and sometimes it is accompanied with white rice. Delicious.
We got a few groceries at the enormous market and did our normal shore side showers before returning to the boat.
In the evening, Guy and Pascal came over and Guy showed us how to play Oh Hell. We could not tell if he had ever seen the game before but he whipped us all handily. Again the conversation was a mixture of English and French that Ian, Lara would have enjoyed.
We mentioned that we were planning to go to Taha'a and Ra'iatea in a few days and Guy indicated he could give us some hints on good places to go.