| A sundog on the horizon ahead is not a good thing at sea |
| A fair day but the seas were building on the 4 day passage from Bora Bora to Niue |
| The waves built to 6-8 ft... |
| ...then they grew some more... |
| ...becoming alarmingly high... |
| ...and confused... |
| ...becoming 8-10 ft breaking following seas... |
| ...with mountainous peaks... |
| ...and more washing machine action... |
| ...reaching peak heights of 10 ft running up our stern for a whole 24 hours... |
| ...and then we sailed out of it... |
| ...and by the next dawn... |
| ...flat calm and a peaceful ride! |
| Had at least one full day of calm sailing into this sunset |
| After 4 days we sighted Niue, situated all alone in the South Pacific Ocean |
| At the wharf you raise & lower your dinghy from the crashing swell by crane with an electric winch |
| A calm day in the Alofi, Niue anchorage with a NE wind |
| Outside the anchorage the Niue coastline is rugged |
| Limestone caves and siinkholes perforate the shoreline cliffs |
| Low tide exposes a shore of flat limestone, not sand |
| The caves are cool on a hot sunny day |
| This is not a UFO, but the centerpiece sculpture in a Sculpture Park on Niue |
| The attendant sculptures surround the centerpiece |
| Closeup of a Niuean sculpture |
| A hike on a cliffwalk is tough going through mangrove roots and over razor sharp limestone |
| The trail winds amid stalactites and stalagmites |
| Sometimes a path takes a route right through a limestone cave |
| The cliffs of Niue's coast are 300 ft high |
| Hole in the Rock |
| The Niueans take island conservation most seriously and their pristine coastal waters prove it. |
| A limestone flow formation |
| Lava heron |
| Receeding tide exposes flat rock shelf |
| A greeting is spelled out with paper cups in a chain link fence, high tech for Niue |
| The coastal tidal pools are awesome |