For a second time we anchored about 500 meters from shore and climbed onto the tender to get to a small pier. There was a moderate swell and the trip was rough but the swell was behind us so not too bad. We were amazed how many people who were struggling to walk on the ship managed to get on and off the boat. There were more souvenir stalls and a nice grassy camping area fronting the beach next to the pier.
There was a carved pole at the end of the pier.
We walked up to the small Catholic church up on the hill on a headland where we got a nice view, but it started to rain and people were taking shelter. It only had one pew that would seat 6 people. There were four bibles open, one in French and three in English.
We walked in the other direction to reach the second church. It was much larger and was dedicated to St Francis Xavier. It had beautiful stained glass windows and paintings around the walls for stations of the cross. It was built by the French in 1858 and seemed as though it was visited by Pope John Paul. We went inside a traditional hut.
There was intermittent rain and while we were queuing for the tender a storm blew in and wet us. The trip back saw us next to an open door and waves splashed us a couple of times.
The artist tonight was Neil Lockwood who sang in ELO 2 and he did a tribute to Elton John. He put a lot of energy into it but we both fell asleep for the middle part as we did not know all the songs.
I think I know the carved pole you're talking about. And the small church. Visited it both times we went on cruises to the South Pacific.
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