September backblog

The whales and the salon du tourisme kept us busy with guests all month long.

August backblog

In August our friends Mandy and Bank were visiting from Bangkok, to give us a crash course in Permaculture and Thai cuisine, now we have a banana compost circle, herb spiral and the best green papaya salad on Rurutu! Amaiterai found it all exhausting!

July backblog

The opening parade of the heiva on horseback

A traditional ti oven - the root of this common local plant is cooked in an earth oven, slowly over several days, to produce a sugar-substitute, which was used as a food source on Polynesian voyaging canoes.

Back in Rurutu and back at work in time for the heiva! Heimana turned five in her mermaid costume, though Amai stole the show in her wig......

June backblog

In june, we were in Wales for grandpa's 80th (and grandma's upcoming 70th) birthday celebrations, even more exciting new discoveries to be made......