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April 2014

Hello everyone,

San Francisco (California ) , Kyushu (Japan), Ventotene (an Italian island ) , Nuku Hiva (Marquesas ) ... I do a lot of traveling, these days , without leaving my anchorage in Hao Atoll: I am writing the texts of our next book , a new photo album that I have to bring to Gallimard by the month of May.
I must say that I found a dream mooring spot , which does not compete with the famous " Number One Anchorage " of which I never give the coordinates , but it is not so far , four feet of turquoise water on a soft sand bottom, a sandy beach, coconut trees ...


It is neither the Oscars nor Michelin stars , but I awarded this spot one of the highest honors ever awarded to an anchorage, that of " Place du Pastis ." The cosy spot under the coconut trees where I drink my little (light) pastis is decorated for a few days with our extremely classy plastic plate ; I do drink my pastis alone, as Francette has returned to France for various projects, including the preparation of our shooting in the Caribbean planned for the month of May
Hao still has a small military base. Upon arrival , they invited me to go say hello , and the attached picture could be the opportunity of a little game: In those present in the picture, one is not military . Can you spot him ?
They are are thirty , and they are here ... to destroy ... Not enemy positions , but the remains , concrete slabs , sheds, from the time when Hao was a rear base for nuclear testing at Mururoa . They put great energy , but unfortunately as soon as an unplanted area is returned to its natural state, it takes less than three years for it to be totally invaded by a dense forest of aito trees (also called casuarina ), a kind of tropical conifer that multiplies at breakneck speed ... and if it bears also the name " ironwood " it's that it quickly becomes resistant to the most powerful chainsaws .


Here in my quiet corner , no concrete, no engines , but I found this little deserted house at the edge of a long beach ; it was decorated with a cute "Chez Nous" ... I do not know who built it , but they are not there anymore... maybe an opportunity !


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