Aug. 28th – Another Tahitian Feast

Today at noon all the cruisers (7 people on 3 boats) here in Mopeti are
went to another Tahitian feast today with some local people John and I
met here on Mopeti. Their names are Simon and Ui who speak some English.
They prepared a Tahitian feast for us just like the one I had the
previous Sunday but this time we got to see the pork, breadfruit, taro,
bananas and other foods removed from the hot rock oven in the ground
covered with banana leaves and sand.
This was a special going-away party for one of the boat’s son, Felix,
who today is flying home to Germany to start college after cruising with
his parents for a year and also for the other boat departing for
Mopellia this afternoon. It was just as much fun getting the opportunity
to eat all those different foods and most of all mashing them up with
coconut milk in my plate and eating them with my hands.

Love Jim