An Island to one's self, Palmerston island one month alone Cook Islands

[@soniabridgart605]

Thank you for this beautiful retelling of my Grandfather's story. My father was the only child Tom had to my Cook Island Grandmother, she was from Atiu Ariki family. The only time I ever saw Tom was on his death bed. My father, although he wanted nothing to do with Tom, because Tom adopted him out to his friend in New zealand, did eventually go and see Tom in Suvarow. My Father returned to Rarotonga from New Zealand as soon as he was able (he was 19) and married a Cook Island princess from Mauke (Ariki Tararo). My father passed 'lost at sea' 2 years before Tom. Tom requested to see us, his grandchildren (5), just before he died. I was five at the time, but the memory has never faded. Mother said Dad went to see Tom to make peace with him, but he never spoke of Tom after that visit, but mum did say, Tom was proud of his son.

[@SafaaSamrra]

I don’t know why but every time I watch this, it almost brings me to tears. It touches the deepest parts of me. What a beautiful video.

[@bobkelley8291]

I spent eight years on pacific Islands before my health problem took me back. And that was about 30 years ago so I enjoy watching you tube video's on this subject. I brought home a wife and our two children. It is fun if one is healthy enough.

[@paulapaularaejohnson]

I enjoyed every single glorious second of this beautiful and people free place. I hope it is well protected from humans. Thank you for your sharing with us.

[@gharr1405]

Good for you, your doing what myself & most people just fantasize about doing!

[@jongold1283]

Wow amazing, fantastic trip Jon, brilliant footage...............!

[@molloyczterynowele]

Wow, I'm speechless. That was beautiful. Perfect footage

[@jonepoulter7524]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@ChrisLee66]

Don't apologize! You did far more than most with high quality. And on a remote Island no doubt. Great Job!! Very calm and comforting video might I add.

[@time2see192]

Excellent video. What a great experience. I enjoy some time alone, in beautiful places as well. Thanks for sharing!

[@RobsBushcraftandAdventures]

Looks like you had a great adventure mate. Inspiring to others to get out there and just do it and live the adventure.

[@tinacollins9213]

It looks fabulous love the colour of the sand and sea , palm trees , just my cup of tea ☺️

[@rachp808]

Love this, how fortunate to meet such beautiful locals and have such a blessed experience, thanks for sharing!

[@rnilu86]

pre-youtube era vlog. This is gold. :)

[@anselmoullrich5779]

Nice place, nice adventure and nice music too ! Thanks for sharing ....

[@kristinessTX]

What's lovely experience.... Thank you for sharing...I wish I could live there for the rest of my life

[@richardgray115]

Wow what an adventure. Nice to see that as per your other videos , this wasn't merely a one of adventure, but that you have kept doing similar adventures in your life. Am really excited to find this channel. Greetings from sunny Perth, Western Australia 😊

[@DownKillerBadDog]

That was Awesome

[@josy8610]

wow that is incredible! what an adventure!!

[@ZoKitchen]

Peaceful place 🌻👍🏻❤️

[@miagifodder5599]

great footage again, it's good seeing a brit climbing a coconut tree making it look natural. : )

[@MoniqueDiCarlo]

Wow, what an adventure! Getting blue lagoon vibes 😉

[@jamesanthonymarsters3498]

Oh wow, Primerose my favorite place where we stayed for the weekends...We just build a camp and did some fishing torturing crayfish and enjoying the beautiful white sand....thanks to our ancestors for giving us this Paradise :-)

[@jonepoulter7524]

hi James Me too primrose is my favourite place I was so lucky to have been there. sorry for this late reply, please give my regards to your family on Palmerston especially Ed hope every one is keeping well if any of the Marsters family visit England they will always be welcome to stay with me. jon

[@waynemasters8673]

How do I know if I'm a direct descendant of William Masters.....a Great grandson. I am the first born of the first born of the firstborn, John Masters who came from England to Canada over a hundred years ago. Has anyone on the Island had their DNA sample taken to compare for such a question as this? I started construction of 6.5 ft long plastic sail boat last month for a sunny beach a mile from here. Sunnybrae BC Canada. Have great times gang.

[@Johnwillbegone]

Still one of the best videos on KZbin.

[@mozdickson]

Kia orana Jon! You've got loads of Ace adventures up your sleeve. Thank you

[@ripharwood4138]

Cool video and loved your music choices, too. I’ve been to the Cook Islands and loved the rare feeling of remoteness one get there.

[@jonjonword6222]

What a great adventure! Thank you for sharing!

[@inprincipio221]

Beautiful! I actually love the picture quality. It adds a nostalgic mood to the video. Happy holidays to you! Hope you are safe and well.

[@PyreneanExplorers]

Hi , Started watching one of your films and ended up watching them all; brilliant and inspiring! You always thank those who welcomed you on your travels, well, thanks so much for taking the time to document what you get up to for others to see and experience. Subscribed. Cheers Wayne

[@drumsandstix128]

Your a very lucky guy being able to do that! Thanks for sharing your vid.

[@thatflightsimguy]

This was beautiful. Thank you.

[@leonawilliams6599]

Amazing journey' i almost felt like i was right there with you ' i guess i need to go there and unwind ' and reflect' get grounded and healing . thank you for sharing your journey'

[@mrbenmall]

That was fantastic. What an amazing memory you now have. I enjoyed the video very much.

[@justinbingham6898]

Great video. Should have 20 million views😁

[@gharr1405]

Love all the background music, lm a Deep Forest fan myself

[@solsurfer1558]

Sitting Here In SantaCruz California During The Epidemic This Video I REALLY CANT BELIEVE I Just Came Across It 🙏 SUCH A AMAZING PLACE , PEOPLE , JOURNEY 🙏 THANK YOU FOR TAKING ME OUT OF REALITY FOR A BIT 👍 Makasih Bunyak And I Hope Your Doing Well ..

[@canadiantraveler6060]

Simply.... damn fine production.

[@islandrifter1]

Great video Jon really gave a good insight into life alone on a pacific island. Can you believe it was almost 20 years ago??. Hope your still living life to the full, good onya.

[@felipewa]

This touches me deeply. Thank you

[@patrickarchibald6787]

Hi Jon. Great little film! My girlfriend bought me a postie bike and that's how I came to this. Cheers, Pat.

[@noedog]

Beautiful film, beautiful adventure. Thank you!

[@beecoz121]

I loved watching every second of that amazing little film that took me many miles away from this miserable country and the people running it! Thanks for sharing that with us, God Bless You and Yours

[@robertoalvarez2777]

Living in a deserted island under your own terms...check! Well done mate!

[@douglasmaxwell6547]

Such an amazing short film.

[@seaworthy7639]

This was awesome mate! Thanks for sharing it with us.

[@dylanmenzies3973]

Classic video, should be known more widely.

[@jray2319]

That is awesome! Would love to be able to do something like that! Thanks for documenting and sharing!

[@enough1494]

I live in Culebra, tiny island living is the best. But, a month alone in Culebrita would be heaven on earth. Love your video and life! Blessings for more!

[@peterdunn4633]

Beautiful film, Jon - thank you very much!

[@alohablue2907]

I'm really glad I stopped here to watch this! A big thumbs up from me!

[@ishenichole7340]

What a beautiful life, I want to live there for a few months ❤️

[@bobkelley8291]

fish broth with a little salt is so delicious. My wife make some great fish soup with vegies available. But mostly she roasts them.

[@eagle8505]

Bob kelley do you have a recipe

[@wadewatkins8864]

Every person should do this once in there lifes.

[@chaosmasker9858]

I really enjoyed this. Thank you.

[@markmark2080]

Wonderful experience and adventure, great to be able to watch it along with Goole Earth, thanks for sharing.

[@shinycat01]

bloody brilliant! such an adventure!

[@deathtotruthers1]

I love the Cook Islands. Wonderful people, beautiful islands. I've got to get back there soon!

[@stellabeever1866]

Awesome Jon, sending you our love. Can you put up your video of the hunghi sometime xx Stella and Nick xxxx

[@jonepoulter7524]

Hi Stella glad you enjoyed the video. say G day to nick for me hope to see you guys Down the pub soon xx

[@desertdiamond26]

Very cool. Nice music also. Thanks for sharing 😘

[@jomama5186]

How peaceful. I used to be that tan when. I was young. I miss that. He has a glorious tan. What a happy, simple way of life. Bravo!

[@Jaffa1951]

Another great adventure, Jon. Not sure how much of this was serendipity, and how much was engineered by you. I think you're being very modest and you've, probably, made your own 'luck'. Only one more of your videos to watch now, so you'd better get a shake on and get out there again! Anyway, you've renewed my enthusiasm to have an adventure of my own. I would have done this year, but then COVID got in the bloody way and ruined my plans. Hopefully we can all travel again next year.

[@rennielabercane6590]

this was so good ill never forget it, u seem like a real cool guy

[@RobertsBulgaria]

Marvellous again - how on earth did you find that place all of those years ago and I wonder what has changed there since.

[@Fromupnorth46]

Having started to research LEJOG and JOGLE I discovered your videos. You are the epitome of adventurer. Just “wow” is all I can say.

[@larryseibert4102]

Love it. Well done!

[@abotani662]

Awesome brother! Its a dream to live some of my days alone in an island in the south Pacific. God bless!

[@msjessicafarrigrogan]

Wow...thanks for the beautiful relaxing video..... great job and I too hope u get to go bk...From OKLAHOMA USA

[@erikjohansson2795]

So inspiring, thank you!

[@carltonkidd2686]

Good amateur edit and amazing adventure! Well done sir! Envious. Lived in Jamaica for few months. Im from north east Ohio so it was a radically different and wonderful experience. Want to do something similar to this video next. This actual video just gave me my last push of motivation. P.s. when husking coconut is was thinking "slip, stab, heavy bleeding and no rescue lol. Glad your safe and again great video

[@radio-su6lh]

Exactly. Careful does it with that machete, as there’s no quick medical care

[@Cpt_Mal]

Awesome film and adventure. Well done lad.

[@interlatinofloripa5831]

Awesome mate! incredeable experience....

[@MrJaycobz]

Very enjoyable, thank you

[@haroldbeck4351]

Nice work on the audio. Really getting the perception of sounds coming from different places even on my laptop speakers.

[@dickwilly1184]

THIS IS AWESOME ...carry on.

[@rpm1796]

Pilgrim's progress....You're a lucky man.🌐☮

[@tinacollins9213]

The sunset was beautiful

[@corex72]

Epic mate.

[@bambamthankyoumam]

What a watch, what an experience! Have you ever been back to palmerston since this time?

[@surreygeorge11]

Did you run into Gilligan or any of the others?

[@AleksandarAlexMesicki]

You've been living a dream :)

[@steamsearcher]

The closest I got to this was several days on Comoties Island in Ormoc Bay Leyte Philippines with my first wife. You had a Superb time and it shows in your film. My next adventure was to do bits of China with Lily from deepest Sichuan. Girl from the mountains as she describes herself. Met my Cousins future wife in the same home town. Did 3 months there in 2017. Even got to stand in Tibet for an hour, another bit of the Yangsei conquered. D & L.

[@RoadToXanadu]

What a dream!

[@primrose9144]

Hi Jon, awesome video, been a very long time since this was filmed, hope everything is going well. Cheers. Alex.

[@meestergerben]

what song do you got in there at 4:30? sounds really interesting. thanks for the video btw, enjoyed it

[@jonepoulter7524]

hi vos sorry for my late reply the songs is called deep forest sweet lullaby hope that helps its a great tune. jon

[@zahedhossain6736]

@@jonepoulter7524 how much cost for 30 days

[@ironnorse]

The idea of spending a month on an island by yourself sounds awesome. The reality of having to shit in the woods, then rinse in sea water, having to make a fire before every hot meal, sleeping on a cushy bed of grass no sheets or blankets, those natural desires of most men having to rely on fantasies and rosy are just a few reasons a week max on the island would probably be enough, never mind that at some point we all have to face the realities if life in the real world. Ive learned to create my own "island", when i need to get away. In my room and warm bed I close the door, off goes the phone. A good book can take me far away where dreams fill me with wonder. And when Im ready, I open the front door where a world awaits me on the other side.

[@se1663]

Modest mouse was an Auspicious way to start. 👍🏾

[@jd6766]

Good work, sir!

[@seanclark2085]

Wonderful video.

[@andreyrudenko846]

Great adventure! From Russia with love )

[@tumanuvaomeaole9458]

Lucky man right there . I would have never left .

[@geraldblaney8252]

I love pre-youtube videos.

[@vandarin559]

What is the name of the song in the background and what language?

[@LezleysAdventures]

another amazing adventure

[@juliangarner56]

Lovely Thank you.

[@erikk6604]

What about the insect bites?

[@hannahreformado6608]

what an adventure! Hope you are doing ok. I also watched you trail in jordan. God Bless you. Hope you will also come to Philippines

[@zopaseah4982]

Since u enjoyed solitude on that island, good for u. U should continue living that way, .. dont come back.

[@NotAFanAnymore]

Brilliant

[@jonepoulter7524]

hi Johnny glad you have enjoyed some of my video, I also have enjoyed watching and hearing your dads story he is a Legend. all the best jon

[@kristinessTX]

Did you have to it pre-tan your skin to avoid getting burned?

[@maryhairy1]

With c19 plaguing the world this has to be the best escape ever!

[@Jerseywonder56]

Awesome!

[@radio-su6lh]

Hi Jon, can you (or anyone else) tell me the artist singing that acoustic track Fearless Love (at the 7.50 secs mark). Thanks

[@mfree9202]

Massive Attack -> Teardrop