18 - Copra in Apu Bay, Taha'a

In this video, we leave our sandy anchorage off Raiatea and head to Tahaa for a "picnic" with our new French Polynesian family. After a cool meal with fresh catch cooked on a coconut husk grill, as well as a tasty octopus dish, we walk around the motu (island). This motu is primarily a coconut plantation but has many other treasures, including a creepy skull/jaw bone, starfruit trees, and more. A couple of days later we return to the motu and spend two days learning (and helping) do the "copra" harvest. On the first day we help tear apart the coconuts that were split by Jerome with his axe. It took five of us to keep up with how fast he was splitting them! On the second day we returned and carved out the coconut "meat" from inside the shells, collected it all and moved it to an elevated drying table. Now that the copra is drying, we headed out on Amanecer around the west side of Taha'a and found a nice anchorage with a view of Bora Bora and a short dinghy ride in to Tapu'amu, where we explore a rum distillery that features a rum distilled entirely with sugar cane (not the more common molasses base). Thanks for watching! Video captured on a Samsung Galaxy S10 phone, and by a GoPro 8 (any underwater shots). Music downloaded at https://filter.one Video edited by Jea, using Adobe Premiere Elements. Visit us at http://www.onfilandtime.com/