![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/03-20231015_100210-1038x576.jpg "Channel between Huahine Iti and Huahine Nui")
The second “real” stop on my island hopping tour through French Polynesia was Huahine: smaller and sleepier than Moorea – like Moorea 30 years ago
, as my host in Moorea assured me.
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/01-20231014_150741-150x150.jpg "Approach on Huahine")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/02-20231015_093438-150x150.jpg "Mārō'ē Bay")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/03-20231015_100210-150x150.jpg "Channel between Huahine Iti and Huahine Nui")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/04-20231015_100358-150x150.jpg "Mārō'ē Bay")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/05-20231015_101655-150x150.jpg "Bourayne Bay")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/06-20231016_151101-150x150.jpg "The \"pregnant woman\" of Huahine")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/07-20231017_083225-150x150.jpg "Marae Manunu")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/08-20231017_085906-150x150.jpg "Marae de Maeva")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/09-20231017_100700-150x150.jpg "Marae Tefano")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/10-20231017_093331-150x150.jpg "Fish trap")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/11-20231017_112259-150x150.jpg "View of South-Eastern Huahine Nui")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/12-20231017_112646-150x150.jpg "Mārō'ē Bay")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/PA150298-150x150.jpg "Corals at Huahine Iti")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/PA160334-150x150.jpg "Jardin de Corail")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/PA160345-150x150.jpg "Jardin de Corail")
This blog entry is an abridged version of the original entry in German.