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October 21, 2005

Niue – A hidden Treasure

Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 12:10 AM Email from Jim, via Marvin, via Paul. #1 of 2 Niue’s concrete dock is an opening in the coral reef and is exposed to the ocean waves and is usually wiped clean in a hurricane so the electric crane hoist is removed before. Dingy seawall and electric crane […]

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Niue – the second hiddenTreasure

Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 12:09 AM Email from Jim, via Marvin, via Paul. #2 of 2 One of Niue’s many churches & Niue’s Mall – bank, tourist info, internet, stores, etc. Typical road around the island. Provisioning here was fun and challenging. Niue is a protectorate of New Zealand and they use NZ$ for […]

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October 6, 2005

More photos from Intention

Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 11:36 PM [Posting by Paul Elliott] Just received: More photos from Intention! These come to us from Karla Jacobs who visited Jim and Intention in Bora Bora. On passage from Bora Bora to Riatea with Karla at the wheel Jim, just before surgery–in the good hands of his French Doctor, […]

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October 1, 2005

Photos from Intention 1

From: Elliott [mailto:ubik@sonic.net] Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2005 10:36 AM [A message from Paul Elliott] Now that Jim, Intention, and crew have arrived in Niue (see charts below), they have access to regular internet service. This means that they can send us the pictures they have been saving during the voyage. Here are a bunch […]

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Photos from Intention 2

Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2005 10:35 AM Aitutaki Brimman on deck with Aitutaki Aitutaki Pass from anchored INTENTION Aitutaki road out of town Oldest Christian Church in the Cooks Islands Beach Resort View of Motu from hill Motor bikes and trail to top of highest hill Aitutaki Pass from highest peak Brimman on Motor bike

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Photos from Intention 3

Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2005 10:34 AM Bora Bora and Boat Pictures John & Brimman Intention at Blody Mary’s dock just before getting crashed by Moorings 47 Rick and the faulty mooring at Bloody Mary’s Bora Bora Church Sunset Friends on Bora Bora Bora Bora Bora Bora Fish Seller Bora Bora Bora Bora Jim is […]

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Photos from Intention 4

Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2005 10:33 AM In Raiatea Jim Jim Jim in Hospital before operation Riaitea’s sacred Marae Over 3,000 skulls and skeletons found in side. Many over 8 feet tall Different view of Riaitea’s sacred Marae Jack on fleetwood starting up the river Polynesian Navigators sacred marae Further up the river Jim and […]

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Photos from Intention 5

Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2005 10:33 AM Maupiti View of the Treacherous Maupiti Pass Maupiti Sunset Ui and Johm working on the swinging patio lounge Close-up of Treacherous Maupiti Pass Intention anchored off the Quai under the mountain Ui taking us out to the Motu View from the motu to Maupiti Maupiti Island

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