Not what i expected. Always heard about white picket fences and like an old English town. Really glad I had the opportunity to land on Pitcairn but there are no longer white picket fences. I have wanted to land on PITCAIRN for many years. It was NOT easy! We could not get into Bounty Bay, it was too rough so we went to another dock area on the island. It was pretty rough getting from the ship to the zodiacs. Big swells.

Many walked all the way into town, However the four wheelers took those that did not want to walk all the way to town, to a point that was two kilometers down hill on a dirt road to the town. That speed up the process as there were only about 10 four wheelers. It got pretty steep in places. Felt longer than 2 kilometers, but we made it.

The town was small. Sellling their wares at the Post Office and Town Hall, in small stalls on the walking area. The Museum was really quite good with lots of information on the Bounty. Exotic flowers everywhere. Ken walked up a steep hill to see the "long boats" they use in the surf and down to Bounty Bay.

The islanders served a fish and chip lunch. The fish was wahoo and VERY GOOD. Super white and lightly battered. Surprised me how good it was. They brought soft drinks from the ship. They also had a smoothie bar with icecream from New Zealand.

The policeman is always a New Zealander and I believe they are here for one year. Children are sent to New Zealand for schooling although they have a school here for the very young children but there are none of those here at this time.

The vehicles seemed more bumpy on the way back but fortunately they left from the town. No walking required. There was a long line waiting so they rushed it, if you had a bad back this would not be the ride for you. My feet could not reach the ground which made it hard to retain balance and keep in my plastic seat. Every 4 wheeler had a different way to get people on the bike. Some had wooden seats, some had plastic seats, some had pillows. Some just had a hard wood seat and steel back.

Getting back to ship from the zodiacs and onto the ship was VERY hard. Big swells. I was first off on my zodiac but a huge swell came and the two sailors trying to get me on to the ladder could not do it and they fell back into the zodiac. They took care of me getting back to my seat on the zodiac and then we tried it again. Not easy but I got off. Ken was in the zodiac behind me and he saw alll that action and was concerned i was hurt. But I was fine.

Pictures to follow.