Most of the Rurutu people live in the northern part of the island. There are main four villages, intitutions, churches. South remains empty, wild and beautiful… I started a day from climbing the ring road from Avera to Narui. Up and up, No pavement on the upper part, but what a views. On the pass they have coffee plantations. Along the completly empty road there are banana, lemon, guyava trees. After a pass there were steep descent to the roaring ocean.
He was so surprised that I walk the road that he left all tools on the roadside and took me to his house. Bananas, papaya, coconut appeared soon on the table. Smiling he was repeating: manger, manger!
An this was my lunch… Maururu! I took a picture of the grave of his ancestors – here they are buried near the house.
Then I was continuing further south to the nice and empty beaches of Toataratara. Imagine white, coral sand and all beach for youself!
But this was onlu half of the route. South of Rurutu is very hilly – not for bikers. I started to climb gravel road again to single houses of Pupuhi, Paparai to reach Auti at 3 p.m. – the full circle of the island was done!
