Rohotu Fare – Eskildoodle Photos and Feelings

Gifts from Afar

These may look like souvenirs a tourist might buy while on a trip to exotic lands, but they are far more valuable than that. They are gifts from hosts turned friends during our multiple trips to Bora Bora. As such they are treasured more than anything money could buy and symbolize why we are compelledContinue reading “Gifts from Afar”

Ukulele At Home Abroad

I bought this Tahitian ukulele in Pape’ete, Tahiti, from a half-blind street vendor who played it masterfully, even thought he was left-handed and the uke is strung for a right-handed player. It came home with us, and at customs the agent wanted to see and hear it. I happily obliged, and he commented that ifContinue reading “Ukulele At Home Abroad”

Emerging from Stone

In 2019 while we were staying in a bungalow at Rohotu Fare in Bora Bora, we saw a Polynesian man, William, sculpting a large stone near the entrance. He was cheerful as we admired his work which was just beginning to take form. He had done other stone carvings on the site as well andContinue reading “Emerging from Stone”