Timeless Tuomotu Scene

Paddling a canoe must come natually to Polynesians, and, despite use of all the latest technology, and a sports bottle of water on the afterdeck, this is a timeless scene.
wingssail-Fredrick Roswold

White Hot Tuomotu Sunshine

Under the white hot sun of the Toumotus, motorscooters go good with swimsuits, for a common mode of transportation.
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Rangiroa Surf

On Rangiroa, we walked across the narrow, windswept motu and gazed out over the coral beach, past the surf, onto the blue Pacific ocean, and we wondered who might be sailing out there, over the horizon.
wingssail-Fredrick Roswold

Tradewinds over theCemetary

Steady Tradewind breeze blows cocoanut palms but it is still hot work mowing the lawn at the cemetary on Rangiroa, in the Tuomotus
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Anchored in the lagoon

Inside Rangiroa's 40 mile wide lagoon, we felt like we were still in the open ocean.
wingssail-Fredrick Roswold

Dangerous Iles, the Tuomotus

The low Tuomotus (Dangerous Islands) are hard to see until you are very close, in this photo, less than 3 miles.
wingssail-Fredrick Roswold