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I travelled through dark jungles, up steep mountain views to ancient stone temples, and encountered mysterious jungle ruins and memorable local islanders. The Marquesas, with ancient roots linking them to distant lands like Hawaii, New Zealand, and Micronesia, are, in my view,&hellip; <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-2899 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-french-polynesia category-polynesia\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/the-curious-sailors.online\/index.php\/2025\/10\/23\/the-dangerous-archipelago-playing-russian-roulette-in-paradise\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/the-curious-sailors.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Drone-shot-Raroia2-scaled.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"The Dangerous Archipelago: Playing Russian Roulette in Paradise\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/the-curious-sailors.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Drone-shot-Raroia2-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/the-curious-sailors.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Drone-shot-Raroia2-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/the-curious-sailors.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Drone-shot-Raroia2-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/the-curious-sailors.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Drone-shot-Raroia2-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/the-curious-sailors.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Drone-shot-Raroia2-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/the-curious-sailors.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Drone-shot-Raroia2-2048x1152.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/the-curious-sailors.online\/index.php\/2025\/10\/23\/the-dangerous-archipelago-playing-russian-roulette-in-paradise\/\" target=\"_self\" >The Dangerous Archipelago: Playing Russian Roulette in Paradise<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">The French explorer Bougainville called them the &#8220;dangerous archipelago,&#8221; a name that echoes with the ghosts of old sailing ships. Before we arrived, I saw it as a romantic holdover. Now, as we point our bow north-east, back towards the safety of the Marquesas, I know better. The ghosts are real. They are the steel&hellip; <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-2855 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-french-polynesia category-polynesia\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/the-curious-sailors.online\/index.php\/2025\/09\/18\/landfall-in-the-land-of-men\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/the-curious-sailors.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20250601_172308-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Landfall in the Land of Men\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/the-curious-sailors.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20250601_172308-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/the-curious-sailors.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20250601_172308-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/the-curious-sailors.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20250601_172308-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/the-curious-sailors.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20250601_172308-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/the-curious-sailors.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20250601_172308-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/the-curious-sailors.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20250601_172308-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/the-curious-sailors.online\/index.php\/2025\/09\/18\/landfall-in-the-land-of-men\/\" target=\"_self\" >Landfall in the Land of Men<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">The Marquesas quickly began to reveal their dual nature. They are a place where the mythic and the mundane exist side-by-side. 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