6400 population.  There are 2 two islands joined by a short bridge.

There are only 2 hotels here now. In 1998 a cyclone hit destroying most of the 13 (?) hotels at the time 

The first part of our excursion was to go snorkelling but first stop we had to see the humpback whales that were hanging out in the bay.  I had also seen them from the ship.  They didn’t seem to be bothered at all by the presence of the ship.  We saw 3….2 adults and a baby that was having a whale of a time.  Apparently there have been up to 7 hanging out here, way past the time that they should be on the move.  They usually are here between August and October.

The snorkelling was so incredible….a school of like 100 black…. what look like angel fish with long snouts, all kinds of butterfly fish and so many others and then……I spotted a triggerfish. I became a bit panicked and quickly moved to another location. Oh my did it ever rain today….after being told to expect only 5% chance of rain. It doesn’t really matter if you get wet when you are snorkelling but at one point the rain that was pelting me was “prickly”.

Archaeological site Temple of Huahine. There are 241 temples on Island …for each family.

Fish traps….No fishing licence required & no limitations on number of fish caught at fish trap…rock weirs.  Fresh water to left, ocean to right .  I think I heard that this trap has been in existence since 1898.  Blue crab, lots of good eating fish.

We then stopped at a very little creek that had the “blue-eyed eels”. These guys are huge….2 metres long.  Our guide and a few others went into the creek to feet them …..tuna or mackerel.  Their eyes are weird!  One of my not-very-good pictures shows one with mouth open and what looks like teeth.

Then off to a viewpoint…gorgeous!