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Famous writers visited the islands and took back stories that illuminanted the tremendous and fragile beauty of the region. Herman Melville (Moby Dick fame) jumped ship off Nuku Hiva in 1842 and ended up writing Typee here. Robert Louis Stevenson spent six months here and wrote In the South Seas. Jack London wrote South Sea Tales here and Jacque Brel composed the last works of his life on Hiva Ova.
Nuku Hiva is the largest island in the Marquesas chain. Those who have visited bring back tales of towering peaks of rock, quiet secluded valleys, ancient religious sights half moon bays and waterfalls from the heavens cascade and then evaporate before striking the ground.
Nuku Hiva Island Atoll
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"... as there
are no barrier reefs, the Marquesan coastlines have deep bays and
steep and stunning cliffs swept by the surf..." |
Here's an Excerpt from Robert Louis Stevenson's 1888 book; "I have watched the morning break in many quarters of the World, and the dawn that I saw with the most emotion was that of the Bay of Anaho, Nuku Hiva
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On Nuku Hiva the Taipivai Valley is the place where numerous "tiki" and temples are found. The small village of Hatiheu is home to Kamuhei and Hikoku sites famous for their ruins and petroglyphs. If you like intricate carvings artisans in the Marquesas Islands apply designs onto wood seen nowhere else. These are highly prized around the World. |
It is so easy to |
Tahiti
| Moorea | Bora
Bora | Huahine | Raiatea/Taha'a
| Cruising
Tuamotu Atolls - Rangiroa
| Manihi | Tikehau
| Fakarava
Marquesas - Nuku
Hiva | Hiva Oa
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Castle
Hill Travel Some pictures generously provided by "Tahiti Tourism Bureau" |