Mutiny on the Bounty

Trip Start Jan 10, 2008
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Trip End Apr 22, 2008


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Tuesday, January 29, 2008

This morning we cruised around Pitcairn Island, the most remote of the world's inhabitated islands, lying halfway between New Zealand and the Americas. We stopped at Bounty Bay & 25 of the local 40-45 residents came onboard selling their reasonably priced homemade items,ie. shell jewelry, carved wood, baskets, embroidery, cookbooks and, of course, souvenir tee shirts from China.
Two of the residents met with us in the show lounge for a Q/A session. You may have seen the movie Mutiny on the Bounty, the story of Fletcher Christian who led mutineers from the HMS Bounty to this remote island on 1/15/1790. Fearing they would be discovered, they ran the Bounty ashore and set fire to it so there would be no trace of her. However, the Bounty can still be seen in the water, from the keel to 5' above.
The island homes are now modern although elec. is derived from generators. There are 2 t.v. channels & everyone has internet access. Cruise ships, about 6 per year, are their major source of income. Descendants of the original families Young & Christian, are still here as well as the Browns & Warrens who descended from shipwrecked whaling ships.
We were disappointed to see that no one resembled Clark Gable or Mel Gison.
We are now on a westerly course of 274 degrees in the So. Pacific ocean towards Papeete where we will arrive Feb. 1st.
Linda
p.s. If the Map Pin is not accurate, it is because Pitcairn Island was not on the list. We are out in the middle of nowhere. I can certainly see why early explorers though the world was flat.
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