roads that are only partially paved. Some settlements can only be reached by boat (since 2001). In the north of the island, between the villages of Hakahau and Hakahetau, there is an 830 m long paved airstrip (IATA airport code: UAP) in a narrow valley. The airfield is considered difficult because the runway starts right at the edge of the sea, ends in front of a mountain and has a considerable slope. Ua Pou is served by Air Tahiti shuttle planes (via Atuona on the island of Hiva Oa). The airfield is connected to the town of Hakahau by a steep and winding 10 km road. Hakahau Bay has a harbor protected by a breakwater, which also allows smaller cruise ships to call. Economy The inhabitants live mainly from subsistence agriculture. The main foods are still fish and other marine animals, as well as yams, taro, breadfruit, coconuts, bananas and other tropical and subtropical fruits. Although there are some private guesthouses with modest amenities, tourism plays only a minor role from an economic point of view. Tourism In Hakahau there is a small museum with a collection of art and objects of worship of the island. Next to it, a traditional Marquesan dwelling (tenai paepae) has been reconstructed on a habitable platform. In several valleys are the remains of Polynesian aboriginal settlements, recognizable by their densely covered paepae (house platforms). Little has been discovered or restored. The settlement of Chief Heato and his clan, revered as divine, is in the Hakamoui valley, covered with coconut and fan palms, mango chestnut trees, pandanus and huge banyan trees. The widely branched complex covers the entire valley, although the residential and ceremonial platforms hidden in the dense undergrowth are not easy to spot. Associated buildings made of short-lived materials are long gone. Karl von den Steinen believed he had identified the ceremonial platform (marae) where Chief Heato was buried. He photographed the skeletal remains of his grandson Teiki Teiuao, which had been deposited on the stone pedestal in a celestial (temporary) burial. An excellent example of the island's highly developed stonework is an expressive tiki head made of light-colored Ke'etu tufa stone on the façade of a residential platform in the "Young Women's Plaza" (mata'aute'a). Another place worth seeing is the Paaumea Valley in the west of the island. Interesting, but not easy to identify in the dense vegetation, are the remains of