You want remote sailing? This is REMOTE, Ontong Java Learning By Doing Ep75
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.ย. 2024
- Sailing to Ontong Java has long been a dream of mine. It is one of the most remote places you can go. Many small children there had never seen a white person and were shy but fascinated by us. We spent a couple of weeks anchored beside the tiny village of Pelau and got to spend some amazing days with the locals. An experience I shall never forget. I had planned on making a very in-depth documentary and had interviewed many of the villagers but unfortunately I somehow lost most of my footage which was heartbreaking.
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Love this video so much I have watched this video with tears, it reminds me of my early childhood days at Pelau.Sad to see my old school still with the same problems after 2 more than 2 decades: shortage of teachers, still using basic learning and teaching materials with poor classrooms. Will definitely come to visit you mama Pelau my home sweet home.
Wow, so happy you found my video about your home island! I loved my time there and will return.
A thumbs up simply doesn't give this film justice.
Thanks so much
My grandfather was born on Ong Tong Java. after his father died, a German merchant, my grandfather and his brothers were taken to Rabaul and brought up by the missionaries. I have been to Mortlock Island 2 times, once in the 70's when I was a little boy with the family, and the second time by myself in 1985 when I was 14. I would love to visit again!
A great place to visit..No email, No internet , No worries...Not 3 years, 1 - 3 months before the next boat arrives with supplies. In the past overcharging from the house of chiefs to the visiting boats was the challenge. A clear explanation of your visit should help. Pelau Island htas done a great start, Chris is a great guy. Thank you for visiting our remote paradise.
What a great documentary of Ontong Java and it's people. Love your videos, you really know how to capture and portray their culture and lifestyle.
Mark Abbott thanks man, happy you liked it. Nice compliment.
What a marvelous video.....i'm from one of the many tiny islands in Micronesia and kind of stuck here in Japan,wish i could go live here...this is paradise.
Thanks Jesse, pretty much paradise yeah.
Bravo!
Now you can come and experience the Ontong Java Culture with us the "yachts Island, Ontong Java Atoll
We plan on coming back to ontong Java in January 2026. Can you reach me by email and tell me about your details? Info @vernondeck.com
Dude. You definitely have a knack for video. Great job on this one. And I love your appreciation for humanity! Learning by doing. Looks like you've learned a lot.
Thanks and glad you liked the video! This trip is all about the humans.
It helps having such beautiful subjects but those are awesome pictures. Great work.
Thanks Art. Yeah the local people are a joy to photograph. If you liked that one then check out a more recent video with a very nice slideshow.
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Brilliant video. Thanks for sharing the experience.
We lived out there from 1990 to 1999. Good to see all the kids and everyone speaking nakakala henua la. Makou haimakua ehihia lo, hamaha Keakua. Hekau ma hekau, kama la ekona'i okou. Keola okou na ekauale'a.
David Gentry that must have been amazing! I felt like I could have stayed for years too, really fell in love with the people.
What a truly brilliant film. The islanders are amazing.
Yeah one of my lifetime highlights for sure. It was my goal that by buying a boat I'd be able to find places like this and I'm very happy to now know that some places like this still exist.
Thanks for visiting and sharing about my home on youtube. I hope you enjoyed the place.
George Kaola thanks! I really loved it there and will visit again for sure!
Yes, I love my home that's how people in the Island enjoy their custom and the Polynesian cultural language. I remember when I kids its a lot of thigs happening in daily life.
Yes, such a beautiful way to grow up, so free and safe. Lots of family around
What they r singing bro
another fascinating and beautiful documentary piece - gives me itchy feet!
tom hunter thanks Tom
Vernon, what a marvelous experience! So glad you could share it with us. We particularly enjoyed the kids & the school (both of us are retired teachers in America). You do an extraordinary job with this sort of thing, sir!!
Ah thanks very much, I appreciate that! Very much highlight of my life, my visit to Pelau will never be forgotten. The kids were so full of energy and I had so much more footage of them.
Beautiful Island Traditional dance by those Islanders.
Such a great experience you are enjoying.
I didnt see an update on your stowaway on the next video. Hoping all was well with him reuniting with his family
Great story and amazing perspective, how life can be different and how everything is connected...
Thanks! Yeah truly a great experience and great to now places like this still exist.
Thanks for sharing - also thx for representing western people in a very kind way.
Love the music of the islands , sad ya lost ya footage but still enjoyed your vid and story ... thanks for sharing 👍
Thanks mate. Yeah I got so much footage of the kids singing, love it!
Great video. I am from the far Eastern part of Solomon Islands and would love to go there some day as well.
Lovely kiwi accent!
Amazing experience Bro. I love pacífic island.
It was amazing there.
No words, Incredible!
Wow, Great Vid man. Solomon Island has Melanesians, Polynesians and Micronesians all part of the country.
Another outstanding episode Vernon, despite the missing video.
Thanks very much.
incredible. place. thanks for sharing.
Glad you liked it.
Just wonderful man! Very nice to watch.
888EAT888 thanks, happy you enjoyed it?
Love our people's simple ways.
Me too! So beautiful.
Your Vblogs are just amazing!
Thanks Lars.
I love this. Cool documentary.
thanks
amazing, makes me want to visit
Well don't wait too long!
@@SailingLearningByDoing Right time to go
wow, was that an Albino girl around 12:00? Amazing to see as it is so rare.
Yes, there was an adult lady too. They have terrible problems with the sun, no skin protection.
Amazing footage, we are hoping to sail up there in a couple of weeks 😀
You should!
Very moving!
Very sad about the whole 'climate change' bit, yet the video conveys so beautifully the indomitability of the human spirit!
Wow so amazing place ...
Good Video about your stay at Ontong Java. Nice to see dances and songs - seems polynesian isnt it?
thanks! Yes, they are Polynesian out there.
Wow nice one buddy, sad that climate change is happening too quickly. You show what human spirit really means amidst what the world is going through now. Respect
Cheers mate
Very interesting. I was there in 1979. Same, but very different. So sad because of the result from climate change. We were able anchor much closer to land. Happy people all around. And now the cemetery is completely gone. So very, very sad.
Oh wow! Lucky you to have seen it at that time.Still happy people but also very worried about the future. I hope to go back for another visit in the coming years.
@@SailingLearningByDoing You better hurry, I'm afraid. I really would like to go back too, but right now its better stay at home. After vaccination maybe! I would like to see if there are some of the children I met who are still alive and on the islands.
are there any similarities between Ontong Java atoll and Untung Jawa Island in Indonesia? people face in ontong java similar with javanese people
Dont think so, Ontong Java people are Polynesian
Your vids are next level for sailing/adventure genre. Subsribed! Thank you. Do you sell photos? That Mast with the star photos is insane.
Thanks guys! Stoked you found my channel. I'm a professional photographer and am able to sail 6 months of the year from the images I make and sell during the other 6 months. Any of the images you see in my videos are potentially for sale although I dont market that at all.
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Considering the supply ship issue, what would you put onboard for goodwill gifts if you came again?
a solution to their environmental problems:) Solar lights, hand tools, rice, maybe look into hydroponic gardening and take them a system.
This is a Polynesian language/culture. They've got a lot of Melanesian admixture though
those kids seem to be getting a better education than a lot of Americans.
Yeah maybe, they have a lot of fun thats for sure.
They look heaps poly for melanesia
Ontong Java belongs to the Solomon Islands but the people are Polynesian.
@@SailingLearningByDoing Oh i see, that pretty rich. Thanks for the uploads mate.
No supply ship ! That means no toilet paper !
they don't have toilets. they just wade out into the lagoon.
We have supply ships, corona virus and now, no toilet paper. Time to move, Otong Java seems nice.
Who needs toilet paper when you have your home surrounded by salt water/ best disinfectant. And a bunch of marine life who will eat what ever waste they find. Poop in the water, no clean up and go about your day.
Hello, jou are sailing with mai grandson
Please be carefull, God bless jou all. Vincent is mijn grandson.
Wow, that's so cool. Im happy you could see him. I liked so much to stay there and want to visit again soon.
Moana Vibe
9:20 Any other place people would call that racist, a brown person climbing a tree a monkey... Oh well :P
It's because people are too sensitive now.
What the heck... they eat sea turtle???
Yep and there is nothing wrong with that in their location. They eat a little bit of everything that comes from the sea and this won't affect the populations much at all. Their overall footprint is amazingly low and anyone living in the western world actually kills way more turtles per year(indirectly) than they do just through consumption of goods, burning of fossil fuels etc.
Turtle meat is good protein and I love it.
13:12 Just how a 15 year old looks. Not. That guy is at least 20, maybe even 25-30.
Most Pacific Islanders especially Polynesians have a very developed frame from an early age. Look at the Samoans, Tongans and Fijians. Some are over 6 foot easily at 16 years of age. Mostly to do with their genetics but also their affinity to doing a lot of hard work (plantation farming and house building) at a very early age.