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Atuona on the Island of Hiva Oa
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This is the first landfall after leaving Cabo San Lucas 2,843 nautical miles away!!!
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Harbor entrance - from the road into town
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Phill video taping the boats and harbor
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The kid in Phill still show through
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The only bank in town...
Opps, sorry..
The left half of the building is the Bank Socredo.
The right half are the Air Tahiti offices
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Town center meeting place (the chief would sit in the large house in the middle)
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Tiki at the end of the meeting place
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Jerry resting under the wing of Jacques Brill's plane - he made many mercy missions to the outer islands in this plane for the island people he loved so much
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Another view of Jacques plane
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Paul Gauguin's "House of Pleasure" - the name he gave to his house
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Entrance to the "House of Pleasure" showing the beautiful caring work
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Example of the intricate carving work that surrounds the "House of Pleasure" entrance
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Paul Gauguin's grave - there are still many admirers who place flowers and strings of shells on the grave even today
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Jacques Brill's grave
The tomb stone has his and his companions face carved into it
(not visible)
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A beautiful double hulled sailing canoe - used for ceremonial purposes only
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Another view of the canoe and the black sandy beach
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