2024  Fatu Hiva

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	As is apparent it was a very rough 6 day passage from the Gambiers to Fatu Hiva. We were at sea Valentines day.
	The most easterly of the Marquesas, Fatu Hiva is a popular landfall for boats from Panama, the Galapagos etc, despite its not being a port of entry.  With only 600 inhabitants, no airport, no secondary school, it is perhaps closest to the kind of island that early cruising yachts landed on in the 1950's.
The terrain above shows why there is no airstrip on the island.	The vegetation is lush, with giant grapefruit growing year round. There are many feral pigs, which the local hunt extensively for food.
There are no restaurants, but several locals offer meals at home for a reasonable price.  One man, called Sophie, specialises in the traditional pit cooking. He is aboiut to remove the covering leaves here.	We asked Sophie to cook supper at first is wife said that they did not have sufficient food.  Sophie's response was "No problem, but I need at least six people"  We easily gathered several other yachties and made a reservation for the following night.  Next morning about 0600 I was wakened by Sophie showing us part of supper that he had just caught. Supper also include a pig killed of us (not a tough as one would expect) and a variety of vegetables.
	After a lot of eating and a little hiking, we sailed the 40 miles to Tahuata
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