Nuku Hiva overview
An overview of somewhere new. Getting ready to explore Nuku Hiva, Marquesas, French Polynesia.
Do you see the road down there?
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Teiki Pao and his horse, Légende, have a route they take through town and out to the forest. Teiki collects coconuts and husks them so the meat can be dried and sold as copra, the dried coconut that helps drive the economy on many French Polynesian islands. The coconuts that Teiki collects with Légende…
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