1/36: We caught a big mahi-mahi on the way up from the Gambier
3/36: Sounding the narrow pass by dinghy.
4/36: Fully focused helmswoman on the way through the pass.
5/36: Keeping close to the reef and away from current and standing waves.
6/36: The former pearl-farm buildings...
7/36: ...have turned into a ghost town with just one caretaker living there.
8/36: We sat out strong winds on the eastern side of the atoll.
13/36: We got the permission to explore the bird motus around the atoll.
14/36: Endemic shrubs and just a few palm trees are ideal for bird colonies.
15/36: Red-footed boobies are abundant there.
16/36: Red-tailed tropic birds nest on the ground and have been wiped out on most of the neighbouring atolls. In Nengonengo we found a large colony.
18/36: Tuamotu reed warbler.
21/36: Rubbish from the abandoned pearl farm covers the motus.
23/36: We found large frigate bird colonies on the western side.
27/36: Courting red-footed boobies sing to their mates--to our ears it sounds like raucous roaring.
28/36: Bristle-thighed curlew
29/36: Enlightened rubbish
31/36: Bird-hunting equipment
32/36: Anchored off the pass
33/36: Snorkeling the pass was adventurous, the outgoing current swept us towards the standing waves outside.
35/36: Many grey reef sharks in the pass.
36/36: Swarms of juvenile unicorn fish.
