. The police is chasing us during 2 days as we changed anchorage and were supposed to clear in despite our cruising permit, they found us in the empty store of the main village; After serious formalities, they drove us wiyh their Pick up to the big catholic church in the south... the local cathedral built by french almost 100 years ago; who knows about this story ? ...How the small communauty can maintain such a huge monument in life ?
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| The best map of the island is in the police station |
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| The store: 3 days before arrival of the monthly cargo boat |
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| The friendliest police in the world is in ROTUMA |
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| All of that done almost 100 years ago in the middle of nowhere... |
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| The bell imported from Orleans FRANCE |
Today around the church and the cemetary, regular coprah work
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| The cemetary as an open book about the history |
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| If anybody want to help the tiny communauty to maintain the place and the church of SUMI as it is... |
