Tuesday June 12th<\/p>\n
Today we hiked over to Hatiheu to have lunch. It is a two
\nhourwalk up a steep mountain – through lime and mango forest and
\nthen down an equally steep path to the little village of
\nHatiheu. There are fantastic views from the top – including that
\nof our boat in the harbor. It is a well marked trail, used
\ndaily by villagers going between the two towns ( as there is no
\nother way to get from one to the other unless you have a boat).
\nHot, sweaty, and tired, we reached the town just in time for a
\nreally nice lunch at Chez Yvonne – the same place we had picked
\nup Mia and Hannah just 2 days before. Our friends from the
\nboat “Caramba” had walked over earlier in the day and were
\nhaving lunch there as well. After lunch we decided to do a
\nlittle hike up the road to where we were supposed to find some
\ninteresting archeological remains- supposedly just 20 minutes
\naway. We walked up a very steep hill and then continued along a
\nbeautiful road for at least 40 minutes finding nothing but mango
\ntrees, goats and palms trees. We decided to turn back and when
\nwe reached the town we found out from “Caramba” that we had gone
\nup the wrong road. Too tired and hot to try again, we joined
\n“Caramba” who had arranged for a motorboat to take them back to
\nour bay. Instead of a two hour hike, we were treated to a cool
\nand pleasant 15 minute boat ride. We all jumped in the water as
\nsoon as we got back in the boat to cool off. Mia passed out
\nabout 8:30 and Mark, Hannah and I stayed up a little later
\nwatching the stars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Tuesday June 12th Today we hiked over to Hatiheu to have lunch. It is a two hourwalk up a steep mountain – through lime and mango forest and then down an equally steep path to the little village of Hatiheu. There are fantastic views from the top – including that of our boat in the … <\/p>\n