After five days on Tikekau, we flew from there to Rangiroa with Air Tahiti in just a quarter of an hour. The days on Tikehau will remain fond memories. Especially because of the crispy Baguettes that I got from the Boulangerie every day. (Everywhere where the French are at home there is good cheese, baguettes and red wine!) Breakfast on the terrace with a view of the lagoon and the two Motus in front of it, will remain unforgettable …

Now I am sitting on the terrace of our small bungalow on Rangiroa, which is located directly on the atoll and the Tiputa Pass, which is known to divers all over the world. (A «pass» here it is the narrow entrance through the reef that separates the ocean from the atoll.) At low and high tide, large masses of water roll through this pass, which is no more than three hundred meters wide and approximately fifty meters deep. It is populated by dolphins, sharks, barracudas and manta rays. (The atoll on Rangiroa is one of the largest in the world – so big that the whole of Tahiti could fit in!)

Brigitta is currently doing a drift-dive with the incoming tide. I focus on snorkeling. (Diving from a rubber dinghy is no longer my thing; I prefer to dive from a liveaboard!)

PS. This morning two large yachts entered the lagoon. One even has a helicopter on board. Maybe I’ll ask them if they need a dive instructor …