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New Stuff at Niue

By Richard | August 24, 2009 | South Pacific |
Here’s of broader view of the landing at Niue. That’s Greetings anchored offshore. When a storm came through, Greg stayed with the boat while Teri and Sierra stayed ashore. That was something different.

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If your life has become a little hum-drum and you’re yearning for something different from the ‘same-old, same-old’, maybe it’s time to get a boat and take off. For when you cruise, you can’t help but doing all sorts of new stuff.

Sure, you can get a good deal on fish at Costco, like you probably do every week. But wouldn’t it be fresher – and a lot more interesting – if you caught it yourself?

Greetings
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To illustrate our point, the accompanying photos illustrate a few of the different activities enjoyed at tiny Niue by Greg and Teri Weeger of the Huntington Beach-based Beneteau 473 Greetings, and Teri’s now 13-year old daughter Sierra. And mind you, Niue, which is just 100 square miles, was only one of the stops on Greg and Teri’s circumnavigation.

By the way, we’ll have much more on the Weegers’ circumnavigation in the next issue of Latitude 38, which will hit the streets on September 1.

Walking or driving to a tourist site is easy, but so pedestrian. At Niue, it’s a much wilder experience because there is no sheltered area where you can land in calm conditions. You have to take your chances timing the swells that smash against the cement dock.

Greetings
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Niue is just a bunch of limestone. Because it’s so vulnerable to the elements, it’s made for some great caves and pools. Sometimes you have to climb a tall ladder to get to the better caves.

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Teri preferred to enjoy the Avaiki Cave from outside in the sun, but Sierra wanted to stay inside all day. After all, it is totally different from the playgrounds of Huntington Beach.

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What Teri did go in for is Salome teaching her how to weave baskets.

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