Planet Ocean - Segelkatamaran 'Pakia tea' - Segeln, Meeresbiologie und Tauchen - Pictures - Gambier Islands - Dec. 2017 - Mar. 2018

01_View_from_Mount_Mokotu_towards_Taravai_and_the_south_of_the_atoll

01_View_from_Mount_Mokotu...

02_Old_church_on_Taravai

02_Old_church_on_Taravai

03_The_reefs_in_the_bay_of_Taravai_at_spring_tide_low_water

03_The_reefs_in_the_bay_o...

04_A_fire_is_made_in_the_pit_and_stones_put_on_top_(cPichlers)

04_A_fire_is_made_in_the_...

05_The_whole_goat_is_wrapped_into_a_palmtree_leave_(cPichler)

05_The_whole_goat_is_wrap...

06_All_the_food_is_in_the_pit_on_top_of_the_fire_and_stones_(cPichler)

06_All_the_food_is_in_the...

07_The_food_is_covered_with_palmtree_leaves

07_The_food_is_covered_wi...

08_The_top_layer_is_lots_of_sand_(cPichler)

08_The_top_layer_is_lots_...

09_Professionaly_grating_coconuts_for_the_Polynesian_barbecue

09_Professionaly_grating_...

10_Dinner_is_ready_(cPichler)

10_Dinner_is_ready_(cPich...

11_This_years_Christmas_tree

11_This_years_Christmas_t...

12_You_could_see_and_smell_the_coral_spawning

12_You_could_see_and_smel...

13_Coral_spawning_in_the_Gambier_Islands

13_Coral_spawning_in_the_...

14_Nice_beaches_in_the_Gambiers

14_Nice_beaches_in_the_Ga...

15_The_island_of_Makaroa_has_been_cleared_from_rats_for_the_birds

15_The_island_of_Makaroa_...

16_Close_to_shore_only_a_few_corals_are_alive_between_the_algae_(Makaroa)

16_Close_to_shore_only_a_...

17_The_only_possible_landing_spot_on_Makaroa

17_The_only_possible_land...

18_View_from_Makaroa_towards_the_northeast_with_a_good_dive_spot_right_off_the_island

18_View_from_Makaroa_towa...

19_View_from_Mount_Mokotu_towards_the_north

19_View_from_Mount_Mokotu...

20_The_shallow_bay_to_the_west_of_Mangareva_is_mainly_used_for_pearl_farrming

20_The_shallow_bay_to_the...

21_Buoys_used_for_pearl_farming

21_Buoys_used_for_pearl_f...

22_Pearl_farm_buoys_are_all_over_the_atoll

22_Pearl_farm_buoys_are_a...

23_Visiting_Eriks_pearl_farm_to_see_how_the_famous_black_pearls_are_harvested

23_Visiting_Eriks_pearl_f...

24_Special_plastic_ropes_attract_the_larvae_of_the_pearl_oysters

24_Special_plastic_ropes_...

25_The_small_oysters_are_threaded_onto_a_thin_plastic_ropes

25_The_small_oysters_are_...

26_The_thin_plastic_ropes_with_the_medium_sized_oysters_are_put_around_a_bigger_rope

26_The_thin_plastic_ropes...

27_When_this_is_finished_they_are_placed_in_plasric_grating

27_When_this_is_finished_...

28_Tubes_made_out_of_plastic_grating_to_ptotect_the_ropes_with_the_oysters

28_Tubes_made_out_of_plas...

29_Big_oysters_are_kept_in_flat_plastic_grating_for_protection_against_predators

29_Big_oysters_are_kept_i...

30_Sorting_the_pearl_oysters_according_to_size

30_Sorting_the_pearl_oyst...

31_Different_sizes_of_nucleus_which_get_inserted_after_the_pearl_is_taken_out

31_Different_sizes_of_nuc...

32_Watching_how_the_pearls_get_taken_out_of_the_oysters

32_Watching_how_the_pearl...

33_With_special_tools_they_open_the_oysters_and_extract_the_pearls

33_With_special_tools_the...

34_Here_comes_the_pearl

34_Here_comes_the_pearl

35_Freshly_harvested_pearls_from_Gambiers

35_Freshly_harvested_pear...

36_Pearl_oyster_shells_are_used_to_make_jewelry_and_ornaments

36_Pearl_oyster_shells_ar...

37_Machines_used_by_the_training_college_to_learn_how_to_carve_pearl_oyster_shells_and_pearls

37_Machines_used_by_the_t...

38_Some_pieces_of_jewelry_made_out_of_shells_and_pearls

38_Some_pieces_of_jewelry...

39_Ornaments_on_some_of_the_shells

39_Ornaments_on_some_of_t...

40_Anchoring_on_a_sandy_spot_within_the_coral_reef_north_of_Kamaka

40_Anchoring_on_a_sandy_s...

41_Old_house_on_the_private_island_of_Kamaka

41_Old_house_on_the_priva...

42_Boats_are_flying_above_the_waters

42_Boats_are_flying_above...

43_The_main_street_of_Akamaru_village

43_The_main_street_of_Aka...

44_Little_church_which_is_still_used_daily_by_the_few_people_who_still_live_here

44_Little_church_which_is...

45_Ruins_of_the_former_bigger_village

45_Ruins_of_the_former_bi...

46_The_old_cemetary_of_Akamaru

46_The_old_cemetary_of_Ak...

47_Part_of_an_old_house_is_used_as_the_front_for_this_vacation_home

47_Part_of_an_old_house_i...

48_The_village_and_bay_as_seen_from_above

48_The_village_and_bay_as...

49_Wonderful_day_for_hiking_on_Akamaru

49_Wonderful_day_for_hiki...

50_One_of_many_wild_goats_roaming_the_islands_which_help_the_erosion

50_One_of_many_wild_goats...

51_You_can_see_all_the_small_Motu_on_the_eastern_side_from_Akamaru

51_You_can_see_all_the_sm...

52_The_western_bay_of_Akamaru

52_The_western_bay_of_Aka...

53_White-tailed_Tropicbird_from_above_(Phaethon_lepturus)

53_White-tailed_Tropicbir...

54_Two_White-tailed_Tropicbirds_dancing_together

54_Two_White-tailed_Tropi...

55_Rainbow

55_Rainbow

56_Fruit_of_a_Pandanus_on_Tauna_Island

56_Fruit_of_a_Pandanus_on...

57_Box_jellyfish_showed_up_in_the_north_of_Gambier_(Cubozoa-Wuerfelquallen)

57_Box_jellyfish_showed_u...

58_One_of_the_northern_outer_motu

58_One_of_the_northern_ou...

59_Only_two_airplanes_a_week_land_at_the_little_airport_on_Totegie

59_Only_two_airplanes_a_w...

60_Walking_along_the_old_road_across_the_hills_of_Mangareva

60_Walking_along_the_old_...

61_One_of_the_big_poisonous_centipeds_(Scolopendra-Hundertfüsser)

61_One_of_the_big_poisono...

62_Beautiful_portal_of_the_church_in_Rotoava

62_Beautiful_portal_of_th...

63_Crystal-clear_waters_in_the_Gambiers

63_Crystal-clear_waters_i...

64_One_of_many_beautiful_sunsets_of_the_Gambiers_Islands

64_One_of_many_beautiful_...

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