In search of eggs and internet, we took our dinghy to Morton's Bay and met Morton, the egg man and his wife Chinalta. Super friendly and lovely couple. Morton showed us around his farm. He has over 200 chicken, 3 pigs and 7 piglets, goats, and beehives. He is on his own and builds everything himself. Grant is super impressed and interested. Chinalta lives in LA and flies here to visit him.

Invited Morton and Chinalta over for drinks and snacks. Had really amazing conversation and learnt so much about French Polynesia from them. Morton was born in Australia to English father and Polynesian mom. Chinalta is from Tahiti (half Chinese). They told us about life on the atolls, farming and foods available in the atolls, local economy and politics, French bureaucracy, the nuclear testing in Mururoa and the devastating consequences to the entire French Polynesian population from radioactive exposure.  Quite shocking that the testing has gone on for years since 1966 and only stopped in 1996. There were 210 tests with 210 device explosions, 50 in the atmosphere. Unbelievable how the British, Americans and French felt they had the right to come to the Pacific islands to test their nuclear bombs.