Absolutely stunning Atoll within an Atoll!
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- Опубліковано 15 жов 2024
- We get a rare opportunity to visit this absolutely stunning Atoll within an Atoll - The Blue Lagoon, which is located on the Eastern side of Rangiroa, the largest Atoll in the Tuamotus. This must be the place where all those beautiful screensavers we have on our computers are photographed! We never dreamed beautiful places like this still existed in the world today.
With the predominant winds not normally allowing safe anchoring here, we get the perfect couple of wind still days to sail unchartered waters to the East side of Rangiroa - and WOW - we are rewarded with paradise!
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What a beautiful place The Blue Lagoon is. It looks like Heaven on Earth. Thank you for another great video and we really enjoy you content and ``sailing`` with you guys. Can`t wait for the next one. Safe sailing.
Hi Willie. Thanks for watching. The Blue Lagoon really is heaven on earth. The water color and clarity is incredible. We didn't see a lot of fish inside the lagoon which was strange. Despite that it was still a very special place to visit.
Another amazing Sailing Mokara video. Yes, these semi-isolated tropical island communities are always interesting. And yes (3:01), I agree about supporting the locals who are there to live, not just to make a buck! The Aquarium is spectacular-- nice footage you've shared. I assume that fishermen with their nets are kept away from it. Wow (11:12), looks like you are guiding that boat plowing through the rough waters of the pass, your view of approaching breakers apparently better than theirs. The Blue Lagoon for sure a paradise. No one there in a hurry to leave!
Hi Frank. Another great atoll. We have been to Bora Bora which is littered with large hotels and I feel that it is now losing its appeal. The key to keeping these places incredible is to keep the large hotels out to protect the environment and the locals in a way. All the local owned accommodation we have seen in the Tuamotus is more basic but far more authentic and appealing to stay in.
We had good fun in the Aquarium. Trust Dylan to throw a lump of food on my head causing a feeding frenzy with the fish.
The Blue Lagoon is amazing. We only saw sharks inside the lagoon and not many other fish which is strange. I wish we were still there.
Enjoyed your video. My son (age 33) told me yesterday that he’ll leave in December for three months working on Palmyra atoll. I’m very happy he’ll get to experience some of the things I enjoy vicariously through videos like y’all’s. At the same time, I’ll be worried about him being in such a remote place. Watching your videos helps me think I’m worried about nothing.
Hi. Thanks for the comment as always. It sounds like an exciting time for your son. 3 months will go by in a flash and he will be home again showing you his amazing photos and no doubt sharing some good stories too. I have looked up Palmyra atoll to see where it is on google earth. I am pretty sure he will be fine. If the opportunity arrises, you should try and join him for a week in the middle of his stay. You will love it.
WOW! They had a fun ride! Do they have a youtube channel? I wonder if it was as dramatic from aboard?
4:23 Dolphins are hunting somewhere nearby!
12:45 My quota for good deeds is not filled so here goes. IF Nate ALWAYS holds books SO close he needs to have his vision checked. NOW I'm done for the week, whew!
8:13 LOL So you don't even consider a chance someone will pull away with his trailer AND your dinghy? 😀
6:52 That is a VERY big abandoned building! Considering how much construction materials cost, WHY would someone start it and then not finish it?
10:43 Geez! How tiny is that boat? 40ft? 30?
Nate is SO impish lately. 😀 Even more so than what was it? 3-4 years ago this odissey began?
17:43 One day he WILL drag a body from the woods. 😀
Ha HA, I didn't even need to refer to the clip to know what part you are referring to.
15:40 Everything?! Where's your machine gun, kiddo!? What if there's a pirates lair there!? You will bring a machete to a machine gun fight! On a side note, has Nathan practiced throwing his axe into a target? MUCH more effective than a kite IF you know what I mean!
3:55 I was sure that swimming thingie is pulled over the head like a wetsuit. Looks like for the first time since 1986 I was wrong.
Assume you are referring to Nathan's swimming thingie? Yes, times have moved on and some now have a zip up front. What did you do / say in 1986 or is this your birth year?
@@SailingMokara Yes, I meant the... no idea what all that is called... the top of his swimming get-up. I was 11 in 1986! And I predicted George Bush wouldn't win the american elections because Reagan had such horrible ratings at the end. I was wrong. 😞
5:19 Was that the ONLY place to put it?
0:48 Oh wow, did a French president promise to come to this island, too? 😀 Perfect road.
Good point. Lets assume that the plan was for the president to go from Fakarava to Rangiroa. I would like to have seen his presidential car on the small car ferry.
@@SailingMokara Oh I'm much more interested how they planned to land an A340 on Fakarava. 😀
11:43 You seriously never seen the movie, my poor boy!?!? Maaaan, you missed... no, not going there, he's still too young. 😀
0:35 WHAT is floating there at the bottom of the frame!? NO, don't tell me!
Hi Maloy. Thanks for watching and for the comments. All I can say about this is, It wasn't us, Promise....!
12:05 From Marquesas and then to Hawaii!? It's 2000 miles of pretty much nothing with america as the destination! Are they planning to set a record for the longest boring trip ever? **space for a VERY bored smiley**
I'm sorry to be so pedantic but diesel and gazoil are the same thing!!! 😀 You mean gasoline.
Run-gee-row-ah. Ta-ee-tea. It's a silent H. Like american herbs.
Thanks for the tip.
Stop calling murenas EELS! Eel is the sea hose that stuns you with electricity. Murena is beautiful but ouchie.
3:15 Uhm.... that's a disputable rhetoric. If you support a large chain, you support a corporation that has to at least to some extent give money and jobs to the local community for publicity and adhere to some kind of "equal salary code" or something. If you support a local hotel, you support one family that pays as little as they can to their local employees. A large corporation is also less likely to leave trash behind - Greta will be angry. Local hotels don't care about Greta. In my (limited) experience, locals in both the Caribbean and the South Pacific care a lot less about their nature than large corporations. As examples check out some articles about Antigua & Barbuda and Bora Bora. I reserve the right to be wrong.
I think we could debate this for hours in the comments section. What we have seen is abandoned hotels in Barbuda post hurricane. On a recent visit to Bora Bora we have again seen an abandoned hotel with overwater bungalows slowly falling apart. 500 meters away a new hotel is being built. I do honestly believe that sometimes hotel owners walk away from major problems in remote areas as there isn't the will nor the financial means for the locals to challenge them. I could be wrong though.
When you see Bora Bora with so many hotels, you will see why it is better to keep the big chains out of the Tuamotus from an appearance perspective.
In terms of hotels creating jobs for the locals. Yes they do though often they are the low paid jobs. Any job is better than no job I have to add. I was hitchhiking on Moorea and was picked up by the manager of a large hotel chain. He was transferred from France to work on Moorea. You would think that there is a local skilled enough to take on this role.
There are advantages and disadvantages to both options.
@@SailingMokara Oh this argument can be very interesting. Just one question. Who made the laws that allow the above mentioned attrocities? Was it the corporations or the locals they so easily bought? And who were those locals elected by and who now hails the corporations that gave them jobs? If it was up to me I would just forbid any construction of more than 100 sq. m on islands smaller than 10,000 sq. km worldwide.