HATIHEU, NUKU HIVA, FRENCH POLYNESIA

Great island here in the Marquises Islands, French Polynesia. Zodiacs to the small jetty at the village of Hatiheu. A nice hilly 5km around the bay along the coast. Beautiful scenery-volcanic island. Very hot and humid-jungle run-concrete road on the gradients then dirt/mud.

MAKEMO, FRENCH POLYNESIA

A tiny island in an atoll here in French Polynesia. Went for a great 5km from the little port-very toasty and humid. Wonderful people, great scenery, a long, long way from anywhere.

MOOREA, FRENCH POLYNESIA

Another great island here in paradise. Great run from the pier in Cook Bay along the coast. Out and back 10km. 28degs C and about 80% humidity-makes for a draining run. Great scenery along the way. quite a bit of traffic, though.

BORA BORA, FRENCH POLYNESIA

Beuatiful island, great scenery, wonderful people. Nice 12km along the coastal road here from the pier, very hot and humid-draining.

AITUTAKI, COOK ISLANDS

Small island with a great paved/unpaved road that takes one pretty much around the whole thing. From the little port on the eastern side, I headed south through sparsely populated country side-very nice scenery. The road turned north up the windward side of the island-I then cut back across to the port making a 13km loop. I would estimate the entire circumference of the island at about 22km. Hot and extremely humid.