After a busy summer season in Turkey I really enjoyed being so in tune with nature and the simplicity of life on this island. Within a week I felt that I had made many new friends and I was especially taken with the families who had sailed all around the world and had chosen to simply stop in Ra’iatea and settle there, continuing to live on their boats but never leaving again, I think that says it all! I strongly recommend Ra’iatea to anyone who’s looking for a little piece of heaven on earth and why not go during the Gliss festival or the Tahiti / Ra’iatea version of the Defi Wind to add some extra spice! Rumour has it that the winner of the 2016 Gruissan Defi Wind will win some tickets to go to this Polynesian edition of the Defi Wind, so if winning the Defi was not yet your personal goal this most definitely should provide some extra motivation to step up the long distance windsurfing training!
