Visiting the very remote island of Tikopia, in the Solomon Islands

[@Flo_mana]

I'm from the Solomon Islands and watch this video. Its amazing you visited my country. Most of our islands are still the same. It's a paradise ✌️✌️

[@mryhdy6266]

Your country seems like one of the most beautiful places on earth, i'd love to visit . But is it safe, seems likexsome sources indicate it is not.

[@Flo_mana]

@@mryhdy6266 it is safe you can go and visit. Everyone are welcoming with beautiful smiles. It is just some negativity don't be afraid 😊

[@mryhdy6266]

@@Flo_mana Thanks for the reply, I hope I can realize that. As a European by descent I am dreaming of places to retire, Solomon Island looks like a dream...

[@Flo_mana]

@@mryhdy6266 Awesome! That would be great 😊

[@pufdadie]

HI Florence, I lived in Honiara (Panatina) back in 2006 I miss you all 'staca tumas fren' and the many friends and great times. There was always something going on and great times. Solomons is a paradise not because of the islands but because of the people

[@OanhTran-fm1kn]

So nice to know this place

[@moseskoruahuna2576]

I'm Solomon Islander and thanks for this amazing video.

[@grandtheftavocado]

It's great that you guys stopped the primitive infanticide practice. Was it due to being civilized by Europeans?

[@KasoFakundo]

@@grandtheftavocado No infanticide has ever been recorded to have happened in that country. They only have tribal wars in the past, where adult men of different tribes fight each other over land boundary or other social issues including marriages that was not approved by majority of tribes' men and etc. I guess those tribal war back then not so different from the any other war, including the Ukraine- Russia war for example. The only exceptions is that the current Ukraine-Russia war uses weapon of mass destruction.

[@davidfisher7186]

Thanks for the video. My wife and I sailed to Tikopia in 2014 and really loved the place. Same friends and faces. I paddled my kayak around the island one day; guess you guys would have done so too. It is a wonderful place. We hope one day to return.

[@SeaGypsieschannel]

Wonderful place! Little bit of surfing too

[@AvarikiFamily]

Wow! Great to know. Tikopia is a very remote island with so much uniqueness. Thank y'all for the videos about Tikopia. I'm proud to be a Tikopian. You're welcome to visit again and again to our beautiful island Tikopia Sir. Merry Christmas to you and your beautiful family 🎄🎄❤️🙏

[@jamesdonaldson3319]

I just wanna say. The video was awsome...huge impact on us tikopians that only live in the city...haven't been there...but those were some good vibes shown in the video...proud of who we are. Thanks Guys

[@rocksonseke3604]

thankz brother for sharing this vedio...but actually the time when you sited tikopia and mate up with this norwargian family...was the time they they did the filming of the vedio MESSAGE IN THE BOTTLE. it was a very unique movie which i think it will expose to the outer world what is like to be in the tropical isles of the south pacific. thus, i encourage you guys to please come back and visit us again in the solomon islands and did more documentries like this to help telling the world that our cultures and traditons are still maintained and shows us how unique we are compared to the western world.please next time come to the central part of the solomon islands, i wish ill be your tour guide i will take you to some of the most unseen sites in the world...tagio tumas wantok (thankz alot freind)..if you wish to do the same as this one like you interested on making documentaries and do filming please add me on facebook (Rocky j seke) or email me on ([e-mail]).i am origally from the central part of the solomon islands in which our islands also hard alot to tell the world..most welcome

[@sailfishndive-seychelles1555]

Amazing footage

[@jacekkubiak3551]

Spent couple of weeks on Reef Islands in Temotu Province in 2011... unforgettable trip

[@johnwopereis285]

More people need to come and live in our rural villages here in Solomon Islands to experience and enjoy the simplicity in life.

[@SeaGypsieschannel]

Totally agree!

[@1cccseed]

Be careful about what you ask for It’s not going to be okay in 2 years from now and you have lost your culture and land and language Hawaii is the perfect example

[@david82633]

I would love to visit, but it`s difficult to find a way to get there

[@1cccseed]

@@david82633 I went there from Hawaii and it took 6 days to get there It was worth it The Solomon Islands will never be devoloped

[@johnwopereis285]

@@1cccseed good point however our context here in Solomon Islands is very different to Hawaii.. firstly 80% or more of the land is customary owned by tribes which would be a huge barrier to losing our land and culture.. correct me if im wrong but Hawaii would have less land compared to Solomon Islands with hundreds of geographicaly spread Islands.

[@cathykirby6617]

I think your children will go far in life. I said this because they seen rich and poor. They experience how blacks live in an island with nothing much but they are happy and content and back home they live in a city where everything is provided . Your children are great and beautiful. I love watching this programme. I believe that where there is money iscnot the centre of people lives. People can live in peace and harmony despite of race or colour. Are you still in the Solomons. Wishing you and your family the very best 💗👍

[@kevingumfory]

Congratulations Cathy. You win today's first "that person" prize. Im sure ill run into 100s of you today. But today YOU are the first.

[@timg6176]

A beautiful way to live, I salute you.

[@jamesmoseley7141]

Awesome video I love your you guys and the way of life you choose to live out sailing the ocean and not having to have all the stuff people think they need in this world cheers from Texas s/v oceancowboy

[@vanillatea2217]

This is by far the best video taken in the Solomon's. Tikopia is a beautiful place but I have never been there, will put that on my bucket list😂 Love this❤

[@david82633]

I would love to visit Tikopia, such a beautiful place

[@alzs167]

TQ so very much for your awesome video of Tikopia. Very much enlightening.

[@jenithagainga5974]

Have fun and great time there in Tikopia isaland

[@kevingumfory]

I want to go there. I want to be taught to live. I want to get in a little canoe poorly provisioned and go to sea never to be seen again when it is over. Every single detail was beautiful and incredible.

[@EdemAf]

Love y’all’s vibe!!

[@garrett22621]

Really good cultural appreciation! Fascinating watching this after reading the Jared Diamond book

[@GARYINLEEDS]

Thanks for sharing, shared.

[@richardbrown9826]

Your story is amazing...I'am from Temotu Nendo and haven't been to Tikopia since birth though close. Your sentiment of taking in and not letting out is definitely a wonderful peak of your families adventure...they don't need to be vested with western ideologies and you did just that 200%...thumps up

[@kmkhare385]

Beautiful island. Fascinating place. Lively greenery, forest & hills . Inhabitants seem tribes. Reside in bamboos huts. Survive lives by indigeneous things & animals. Informative video

[@pufdadie]

When living in the Solomons, my best mate Wilson was from the Reef Islands, within Santa Cruz, like Tikopea (ie same islan group). He is a mix of Polynesian and Melanesia - Tikopeans also but slightly more Polynesian than Melanesian. Renell not far away is all Polynesian

[@user-zl9cr8kc2s]

Never heard of this until this video popped up from watching a previous video on the Solomon islands...cool!

[@maxshaw4417]

Great stuff. Thanks for the recommendation on stopping at Tikopia. We had a great visit. Max SV Fluenta.

[@SeaGypsieschannel]

The chief still have that big screen TV with no power to plug it into? Wonderful place. Shhhhhhhh

[@maxshaw4417]

@@SeaGypsieschannel We were there in 2017 (sv-fluenta.blogspot.com/2017/07/to-tikopia-in-photos.html) after hanging out too briefly with you guys in Majuro and spent quite awhile visiting the chief near the "anchorage" but did not see a TV. Worked on some of their solar systems and Liz fixed a sewing machine. I tried to fix one of their ancient corroded invertors to no avail. We are house sitting for bit in Canada (living in a house with furniture, a big TV and internet !) so we watched some of your videos on KZbin. Enjoyed the NW Passage bit from the Weather Channel but certainly none of the character of the film you guys did of the Antarctica run. Looking forward to a Sea Gypsies NW Passage movie ! We had the Argentinian fellow Pablo whose boat was crushed the same year year as your passage over for dinner when we were in northern BC a few months ago. Quite a year to pick to go through ! Had a quick look for Infinity Expedition's webpage and it does not seem to be there anymore. Hope all is well is crew and vessel. Cheers, Max

[@merciatonete]

So beautiful...

[@piyushsharma848]

Wht beutiful in this video lady

[@kymgospel6612]

@@piyushsharma848 Quick x

[@abughulam07]

Im from the solomon islands best wishes to you and your family.

[@cornelisverhoef9282]

These kids are so lucky to grow up like that.

[@jetaba7713]

Norway is the top 1 rich and developed country in the world. Thanks for visiting Solomon Islands. Hope we could see you again.

[@Thomas-eu6fj]

Nice film !

[@beastlyendeavour9184]

It's Diamond's book that brought me here. Will Tikopia outlast the west? Will Tikopia become a lifeboat for humanity?

[@markswishereatsstuff2500]

I'm currently reading Collapse and am fascinated by these remote islands mentioned in the book.

[@messianic_scam]

I love this family

[@delmahnori1582]

I am fro Solomon Islands but I never visit Tikopia because of its remotesness but I admire a family from a well developed country like Norway visited this remote Island. Amazing story.

[@johnmcclelland3204]

i had the pleasure of visiting tikopia in 1983 and it still looks exactly the same, greed is progress, happiness is Tikopia its the only place iv been where the whole village comes down to the beach for a communal poo, now that is jus living ,,,beautiful

[@SeaGypsieschannel]

We missed the communal poo! It is a pretty wonderful place

[@Mari-eq8rx]

I’m from Norway, and I really want to live at Tikopia!

[@farooqmughal7927]

Yes you can

[@fabianelliott96]

@@farooqmughal7927 no you cant, these places dont exist for you to use

[@mose918]

i want to live in norway

[@Mari-eq8rx]

@@fabianelliott96 i know that, i’m not gonna move there 😅 however i am concidering doing like some of my fellow norwegians, and ask the chief if i can live there 6 months.

[@Mari-eq8rx]

@@mose918 really? where are you from?

[@dchilli]

Big respect 🇸🇧❤

[@flekkm740]

Dude u know Thomas and HIS family he has a show on the norwegian TV from tikopia and i loved it when i was younger

[@milkwaychanneltv9531]

This video got me emotional 😭 I which If I could change some part of the world i love it when you say we are here to learn

[@AnthonyTristramMoore]

very interesting place, the video itself is stellar. esp like the visual gags, the lighting is unbelievable considering, the closeups of faces, brilliant the Norwegian documentarian really reminded me of someone, it was bugging me all the way through---then it hit me---Noah from S03 of Archer xd

[@chika12314]

COOL video ^^

[@rafaelestor2298]

I missed the island of Leyte what I saw this video.... Now waiting until Lockdown past here in metro manila...

[@vineleak7676]

"you don't need everything we have in Norway, you can live a good life elsewhere", not everybody can afford to travel to a paradise island in the middle of the pacific, also most places will not accept foreigners comming in just like that...

[@lonelyscout7453]

Mosquitos 🤣🤣.. welcome to the tropic zone brother LOL.. that’s why we have a Mosquito Dance in Micronesia haha

[@MikeTarifaArtist]

hI DUDES! Keep me updated! i wanna visit Tikopia too

[@collinleafasia4441]

Im sure he said "I call the pig salt fish" .. baka yah kolem pikipik yah salt fish 😂

[@smalltowngirl4808]

Lol 😂

[@smalltowngirl4808]

Lol 😂

[@obseverviewer685]

Ahhhhh the fresh smells of ocean, green vegetation, pig shitt, jungle rot, and bird. ☔☔☔

[@jenithagainga5974]

Beautiful island

[@clayandputtyvideos1647]

Do Not give people cigarettes! Why give them something that is not good for them?

[@MrCastleJohnny]

lol moralist...they might like cigarettes, that's what matters...not your western moralism.

[@dougules]

@@MrCastleJohnny Lung cancer is not a cultural thing.

[@Dugar-III]

But they smoke cigarettes 😂😂

[@Dugar-III]

@Jacob Makavelian i am from the solomon islands. Yes they do smoke cigarettes.

[@nickidaisyreddwoodd5837]

@Truth Inspector Ehh. No. We are advising healthy solutions to help all societies.

[@跡]

I was literally thinking about if Norway or Solomon Islands were better and then I found this video

[@psystealth]

Awesome thankyou

[@peldrorooney4006]

watched that series of message in the bottle

[@magiceditions2640]

My island home😍

[@taotamata9993]

Pàtatao

[@Gusrikh1]

Very interesting..

[@xX0Kathi0Xx]

I write an Essay for university (i study anthropology) about Tikopia and love your video! Unfortunately I’m not allowed to use you as a source I fear. Awesome video :)

[@uluakitonga6599]

Your family is one of those Europeans becoming interesred in this life of Tikopa, Some wrote book about it.

[@pluton247888]

Reminds me of the movie, the beach.

[@BullfrogProphet]

Did anyone else get the impression that the blonde headed Viking was about to burst out screaming, "TAKE ME WITH YOU!"?

[@junglejuice6626]

If only you add Solomon Islands on the video title , it will help boost the views. Nice documentary by the way.

[@SeaGypsieschannel]

Thank you! Well give it a try

[@junglejuice6626]

@@SeaGypsieschannel enjoyed watching your story .oh u finally did..

[@jayontario7285]

Nice concept

[@c.s.7266]

Paradise.

[@TolaiShinigami]

Naming his pig, "sword fish" is wild🤣🤣🤣

[@kakehull2566]

I remember this guy from flaskepost fra Stillehavet

[@curious5109]

Did u come to Pohnpei...we can fill ur boat up with free fish n local for travel

[@maidestiny3968]

I love the music background. It gives me life. What title is that?

[@SeaGypsieschannel]

La goon! Check end of video, think they got a website

[@mostafamax2081]

Can I go to solomon island from indonesia through papa new guinea????????

[@ibrahimkabeer7301]

I will join you next year

[@captmulch1]

'Biro' - Solomon Islands pidgin word for pen.

[@captmulch1]

Barava nice fo lukem iufalla lo ples ...

[@syntheticsoundtracks]

if u have natural ambient heat then it solves a huge problem

[@raadunwabarq1126]

I want t live there with less stress with no computer no cellphone's. Just with a nature

[@sirreptitious6645]

Showing the world that we can live a different way? So how many pristine tropical islands are out there for all of us to live independently of the modern world?

[@rubenjamora1080]

Ihope some day i visit in Solomon Island God permit soon....

[@MrAkcool]

Is this boat called infinitiv?

[@SeaGypsieschannel]

Infinity

[@MrAkcool]

a norwegian tv series is about 2 norwegian families living there for 2 months. Do you remember there were 2 families there? from Norway

[@desoman5589]

The pig owner said his pig’s called “saltfish” a phrase in the islands for playboy.. he gave you a joke 😂

[@SeaGypsieschannel]

Or swordfish? Haha

[@desoman5589]

@@SeaGypsieschannel hahah maybe, I heard saltfish.

[@finemusic1448]

Are you living in Solomon island ... 🙏

[@SlowBoatSailing]

That Mark Twain quote is an indication of how poorly read the sailors are who would feature it. If they had read any other sailing books, then they would know it is cliche'. You guys have good color and lighting in your video.

[@pheonixguy33maneha99]

Should have shown more of the natives and the culture...

[@Ribkat_]

every time the norwegian starts ranting the bird wants to go away from him

[@mephala7]

How can you live without black metal?! Just joking mate, I would like to visit those islands in the future,it must be amazing!

[@Lobo47478]

Don’t giants live in the Solomon’s islands?

[@haroldncillabryant6448]

Keep people out if you want keep it nice there

[@jeffzekas]

I thought the Chiefs of Tikopia got rid of all the pigs? (due to environmental degradation). See 07:14

[@jeffzekas]

this was mentioned in the book "Like A Tree" by Jean Shinoda Bolen.

[@SeaGypsieschannel]

Well, they don't have any wild pigs, they can't have them rooting in their gardens, all the pigs I saw were tied up and ate scraps. Pigs are super efficient at turning trash into delicious bacon.

[@72marshflower15]

@5:23 stop bringing the poor bird to that baby’s hand.. Jebus...

[@Intercys]

flaskepost fra havet is goated

[@Lyz1027_]

I live in SI LOL

[@alphaphichufafionse3005]

If world war 3 happens better to live in some of those islands

[@skipper1350]

@bruceownsu Not in Tikopa

[@videoextensive9240]

Bruh u do realize the Solomon Islands held a ww2 battle and probably would if ww3 happened

[@DaveVenice]

George Luker I was just about to say the same. The pacific was hit really hard during WW2. Someone clearly missed out on a few history lessons. 😅

[@chika12314]

🤩🤩🤩

[@valarmorghulis3773]

So we're just going to ignore what that kid said at 5:36 Wtf😐

[@SeaGypsieschannel]

“No touch it” poly bites

[@Dugar-III]

Get your head outta the gutter

[@DavidTaufa-n6b]

Tikopia is inhabited by polynesian. Tikopians have been resettled by the British goverment at Nukukaisi on Makira. They also have a settlement in the Russells.

[@fileminokilicho3159]

Coffe, Sugar, and cigarette...Yes, sir. That's the basic trade-off with all Pacific islanders. How did you know? lol

[@dooley9621]

People need to stay away from those islands and let the tribes live their way in peace. Tourists will bring nothing but trouble and change.

[@suryagunawan2327]

indonesia is watching

[@FoelyZ89]

You have a lot of mosquitos in Norway on the tundra, stay in Kirkness and look for a proper education or job or try to get the Nobelprice for travelling on a sailboat!!! 😉

[@Volleyball_Chess_and_Geoguessr]

I wonder if they think we live on a spinning ball...

[@godwinfitzota1350]

Utopia and Tikopia .??

[@mattcronin1234]

Being free in nature means living with it, you have a pet parrot with clipped wings, come on really

[@Justawaylon555]

I love this shit

[@Sk4444]

FLASKEPOST FRA STILLEHAVET!

[@gigiloving7721]

💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

[@tekksavvy2242]

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