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

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  • Опубликовано: 8 янв 2025

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  • @Flo_mana
    @Flo_mana 4 года назад +41

    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
      @mryhdy6266 4 года назад +3

      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
      @Flo_mana 4 года назад +2

      @@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
      @mryhdy6266 4 года назад +1

      @@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
      @Flo_mana 4 года назад +1

      @@mryhdy6266 Awesome! That would be great 😊

    • @pufdadie
      @pufdadie 4 года назад +3

      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

  • @davidfisher7186
    @davidfisher7186 3 года назад +14

    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
      @SeaGypsieschannel  3 года назад +1

      Wonderful place! Little bit of surfing too

    • @AvarikiFamily
      @AvarikiFamily 3 года назад +5

      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
    @jamesdonaldson3319 5 лет назад +39

    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

  • @OanhTran-fm1kn
    @OanhTran-fm1kn 3 года назад +5

    So nice to know this place

  • @moseskoruahuna2576
    @moseskoruahuna2576 3 года назад +9

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

    • @grandtheftavocado
      @grandtheftavocado 11 месяцев назад

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

    • @KasoFakundo
      @KasoFakundo 2 месяца назад

      @@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.

    • @moseskoruahuna2576
      @moseskoruahuna2576 Месяц назад

      @@grandtheftavocado Yes especially it was Christianity got the big vital impact on the islands.

  • @jacekkubiak3551
    @jacekkubiak3551 4 года назад +6

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

  • @johnwopereis285
    @johnwopereis285 4 года назад +13

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

    • @SeaGypsieschannel
      @SeaGypsieschannel  4 года назад +2

      Totally agree!

    • @1cccseed
      @1cccseed 4 года назад +7

      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
      @david82633 4 года назад +1

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

    • @1cccseed
      @1cccseed 4 года назад +4

      @@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
      @johnwopereis285 4 года назад +3

      @@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.

  • @vanillatea2217
    @vanillatea2217 4 года назад +6

    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❤

  • @richardbrown9826
    @richardbrown9826 2 года назад +2

    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

  • @jamesmoseley7141
    @jamesmoseley7141 4 года назад +4

    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

  • @pufdadie
    @pufdadie 4 года назад +7

    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

  • @rocksonseke3604
    @rocksonseke3604 4 года назад +12

    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 (rocksonseke@gmail.com).i am origally from the central part of the solomon islands in which our islands also hard alot to tell the world..most welcome

  • @kevingumfory
    @kevingumfory 3 года назад +2

    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.

  • @david82633
    @david82633 4 года назад +5

    I would love to visit Tikopia, such a beautiful place

  • @sailfishndive-seychelles1555
    @sailfishndive-seychelles1555 4 года назад +3

    Amazing footage

  • @cornelisverhoef9282
    @cornelisverhoef9282 4 года назад +7

    These kids are so lucky to grow up like that.

  • @alzs167
    @alzs167 6 лет назад +5

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

  • @cathykirby6617
    @cathykirby6617 4 года назад +7

    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
      @kevingumfory 3 года назад

      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
    @timg6176 2 года назад +1

    A beautiful way to live, I salute you.

  • @EdemAf
    @EdemAf 4 года назад +3

    Love y’all’s vibe!!

  • @garrett22621
    @garrett22621 6 лет назад +17

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

  • @maxshaw4417
    @maxshaw4417 5 лет назад +6

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

    • @SeaGypsieschannel
      @SeaGypsieschannel  5 лет назад +1

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

    • @maxshaw4417
      @maxshaw4417 5 лет назад +2

      @@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 RUclips. 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

  • @kmkhare385
    @kmkhare385 2 года назад

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

  • @GARYINLEEDS
    @GARYINLEEDS 4 года назад +2

    Thanks for sharing, shared.

  • @user-zl9cr8kc2s
    @user-zl9cr8kc2s 2 года назад

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

  • @delmahnori1582
    @delmahnori1582 2 года назад

    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.

  • @beastlyendeavour9184
    @beastlyendeavour9184 6 лет назад +12

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

    • @markswishereatsstuff2500
      @markswishereatsstuff2500 2 года назад

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

  • @merciatonete
    @merciatonete 4 года назад +6

    So beautiful...

  • @jenithagainga5974
    @jenithagainga5974 2 года назад +1

    Have fun and great time there in Tikopia isaland

  • @messianic_scam
    @messianic_scam 4 года назад +5

    I love this family

  • @vineleak7676
    @vineleak7676 2 года назад +5

    "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...

  • @Thomas-eu6fj
    @Thomas-eu6fj 4 года назад +2

    Nice film !

  • @flekkm740
    @flekkm740 4 года назад +2

    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

  • @AnthonyTristramMoore
    @AnthonyTristramMoore 2 года назад

    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

  • @dchilli
    @dchilli 4 года назад +9

    Big respect 🇸🇧❤

  • @abughulam07
    @abughulam07 Месяц назад

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

  • @jetaba7713
    @jetaba7713 3 года назад

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

  • @Mari-eq8rx
    @Mari-eq8rx 5 лет назад +20

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

    • @farooqmughal7927
      @farooqmughal7927 4 года назад +1

      Yes you can

    • @fabianelliott96
      @fabianelliott96 4 года назад +3

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

    • @mose918
      @mose918 3 года назад +4

      i want to live in norway

    • @Mari-eq8rx
      @Mari-eq8rx 3 года назад +4

      @@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
      @Mari-eq8rx 3 года назад +4

      @@mose918 really? where are you from?

  • @johnmcclelland3204
    @johnmcclelland3204 2 года назад +1

    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
      @SeaGypsieschannel  2 года назад

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

  • @BullfrogProphet
    @BullfrogProphet 3 года назад +1

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

  • @milkwaychanneltv9531
    @milkwaychanneltv9531 2 года назад

    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

  • @DavidTaufa-n6b
    @DavidTaufa-n6b 21 день назад

    Just a word for foreigners visiting Solomon Islands, especially in rural villages. Be prepared to meet the unexpected. Be prepared to rough it out. Have and open mind to learn new culture, and if possible participate with people on certain activities.

  • @rafaelestor2298
    @rafaelestor2298 4 года назад +2

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

  • @跡
    @跡 4 года назад +2

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

  • @collinleafasia4441
    @collinleafasia4441 4 года назад +17

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

  • @MikeTarifaArtist
    @MikeTarifaArtist 2 года назад

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

  • @junglejuice6626
    @junglejuice6626 5 лет назад +9

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

    • @SeaGypsieschannel
      @SeaGypsieschannel  5 лет назад +2

      Thank you! Well give it a try

    • @junglejuice6626
      @junglejuice6626 5 лет назад +1

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

  • @jenithagainga5974
    @jenithagainga5974 2 года назад

    Beautiful island

  • @obseverviewer685
    @obseverviewer685 5 лет назад +4

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

  • @c.s.7266
    @c.s.7266 6 лет назад +3

    Paradise.

  • @xX0Kathi0Xx
    @xX0Kathi0Xx 7 лет назад +7

    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 :)

  • @chika12314
    @chika12314 4 года назад +3

    COOL video ^^

  • @Gusrikh1
    @Gusrikh1 4 года назад +2

    Very interesting..

  • @clayandputtyvideos1647
    @clayandputtyvideos1647 4 года назад +34

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

    • @MrCastleJohnny
      @MrCastleJohnny 4 года назад +13

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

    • @dougules
      @dougules 4 года назад +13

      @@MrCastleJohnny Lung cancer is not a cultural thing.

    • @Dugar-III
      @Dugar-III 4 года назад +3

      But they smoke cigarettes 😂😂

    • @Dugar-III
      @Dugar-III 4 года назад +4

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

    • @nickidaisyreddwoodd5837
      @nickidaisyreddwoodd5837 4 года назад +3

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

  • @psystealth
    @psystealth 6 месяцев назад

    Awesome thankyou

  • @uluakitonga6599
    @uluakitonga6599 4 года назад +5

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

  • @mostafamax2081
    @mostafamax2081 3 года назад +1

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

  • @peldrorooney4006
    @peldrorooney4006 4 года назад +4

    watched that series of message in the bottle

  • @curious5109
    @curious5109 4 года назад +2

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

  • @lonelyscout7453
    @lonelyscout7453 5 лет назад +8

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

    • @KanakaBae
      @KanakaBae 25 дней назад

      That's mad! 😂 I've got to see it!! Sending love from PNG.

  • @magiceditions2640
    @magiceditions2640 4 года назад +12

    My island home😍

  • @TolaiShinigami
    @TolaiShinigami 5 месяцев назад

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

  • @maidestiny3968
    @maidestiny3968 5 лет назад +3

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

    • @SeaGypsieschannel
      @SeaGypsieschannel  5 лет назад +1

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

  • @raadunwabarq1126
    @raadunwabarq1126 2 года назад +2

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

  • @kakehull2566
    @kakehull2566 3 года назад

    I remember this guy from flaskepost fra Stillehavet

  • @jayontario7285
    @jayontario7285 4 года назад

    Nice concept

  • @pluton247888
    @pluton247888 5 лет назад +4

    Reminds me of the movie, the beach.

  • @MrAkcool
    @MrAkcool 4 года назад +2

    Is this boat called infinitiv?

    • @SeaGypsieschannel
      @SeaGypsieschannel  4 года назад +1

      Infinity

    • @MrAkcool
      @MrAkcool 4 года назад +2

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

  • @sirreptitious6645
    @sirreptitious6645 3 года назад +1

    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?

  • @Ribkat_
    @Ribkat_ Месяц назад

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

  • @jeffzekas
    @jeffzekas 5 лет назад +4

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

    • @jeffzekas
      @jeffzekas 5 лет назад +3

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

    • @SeaGypsieschannel
      @SeaGypsieschannel  5 лет назад +2

      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.

  • @finemusic1448
    @finemusic1448 3 года назад +1

    Are you living in Solomon island ... 🙏

  • @syntheticsoundtracks
    @syntheticsoundtracks 5 лет назад +3

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

  • @captmulch1
    @captmulch1 2 года назад

    'Biro' - Solomon Islands pidgin word for pen.

  • @captmulch1
    @captmulch1 2 года назад

    Barava nice fo lukem iufalla lo ples ...

  • @72marshflower15
    @72marshflower15 5 лет назад +6

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

  • @Lobo47478
    @Lobo47478 4 года назад +2

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

  • @desoman5589
    @desoman5589 2 года назад

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

  • @valarmorghulis3773
    @valarmorghulis3773 4 года назад +2

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

  • @ibrahimkabeer7301
    @ibrahimkabeer7301 5 лет назад +1

    I will join you next year

  • @pheonixguy33maneha99
    @pheonixguy33maneha99 3 месяца назад

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

  • @SlowBoatSailing
    @SlowBoatSailing 6 лет назад +4

    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.

  • @rubenjamora1080
    @rubenjamora1080 5 месяцев назад

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

  • @mephala7
    @mephala7 2 года назад

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

  • @DavidTaufa-n6b
    @DavidTaufa-n6b 2 месяца назад

    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.

  • @Lyz1027_
    @Lyz1027_ 4 года назад +2

    I live in SI LOL

  • @alphaphichufafionse3005
    @alphaphichufafionse3005 5 лет назад +4

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

    • @skipper1350
      @skipper1350 4 года назад

      @bruceownsu Not in Tikopa

    • @videoextensive9240
      @videoextensive9240 4 года назад +3

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

    • @DaveVenice
      @DaveVenice 4 года назад +3

      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. 😅

  • @dooley9621
    @dooley9621 3 года назад +2

    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.

  • @fileminokilicho3159
    @fileminokilicho3159 10 месяцев назад

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

  • @godwinfitzota1350
    @godwinfitzota1350 4 года назад

    Utopia and Tikopia .??

  • @mattcronin1234
    @mattcronin1234 4 года назад +2

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

  • @lauracarlson857
    @lauracarlson857 5 лет назад +2

    I bet they don't get Amazon

  • @haroldncillabryant6448
    @haroldncillabryant6448 Год назад

    Keep people out if you want keep it nice there

  • @Volleyball_Chess_and_Geoguessr
    @Volleyball_Chess_and_Geoguessr 3 года назад

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

  • @Intercys
    @Intercys 2 месяца назад

    flaskepost fra havet is goated

  • @FoelyZ89
    @FoelyZ89 2 года назад

    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!!! 😉

  • @jhorne4535
    @jhorne4535 6 лет назад +13

    I am so glad you are not preaching. More better you learn from your hosts.

  • @chika12314
    @chika12314 5 лет назад +1

    🤩🤩🤩

  • @suryagunawan2327
    @suryagunawan2327 4 года назад

    indonesia is watching

  • @svspirit4999
    @svspirit4999 6 лет назад +7

    Coffee, sugar & cigarettes?!?!? WTF??