The Happy Isles of Oceania

One of my favorite authors, Paul Theroux spent a year kayaking and

camping around the islands of the South Pacific. One of his favorite

nights of the trip was a night on Maina motu. We went to this remote

motu in Aitutaki lagoon and camped on the beach under a full moon.

This was sunset that evening. I fell asleep staring out at the southern

cross and a billion other stars and listened to the breeze rustle the

palms and the low rhythmic thunder of the surf crashing on the reef. We

survived on a bottle of rum by candlelight and ate a few local bananas. It

was one of the most magical nights in all of my travels.

Sun and fun and nothing to do.....I envy you ;-).

Karl

This photo is like an oil painting. . . made richer by your narrative.

Regards, ~~~~~~~~~Linda