Beautiful video, and shows the South Pacific as it is. French Polynesia had always been at the very apex of my wife's and my travel dreams. In June 2017 we had the trip of a lifetime that I can't imagine can be surpassed. My oldest friend has done very well in life and is part of a club that is kind of a timeshare for boat cruising. He chartered a 60 foot sailing catamaran and he invited ten of us; old friends, his adult kids and cousins. We had a skilled and friendly captain and mate. This was the absolutely perfect way to see these atolls, as Steve and Manjula did because when you anchor your boat in the lagoon you have the beautiful reef and motus on one side and the central volcanic island on the other. They say there are 14 shades of blue in these atolls. Just look at an aerial view and you'll believe it. Everyday was a level of beauty and G-d's grace that just made you feel peaceful and quiet. The diving was the best I'd ever done. As they said the depths in the lagoon went from shallow to about 100 feet, and then from just inside the reef, 20 or so feet over to the outside edge it could drop down 6,000 feet into blue ocean. We saw the most beautiful and varied coral and fish life we've ever seen, including manta rays, eagle rays and sting rays, blacktip sharks (first time seeing sharks in the wild for me.) Then the evenings were gorgeous; cocktails on the upper deck, no light pollution and constellations I'd never seen before as I'd never been south of the Equator. The entire experience was like a week-long prayer. I'll always be grateful for it.
TheRayor99 hit the nail: Exploring Oceania`s world of islands aboard a reasonably long and capacious vessel in the company of family and friends - it doesn`t get any better than that. Reminds me of a beautiful song by Crosby, Stills & Nash from the late `70s called "Southern Cross". Among an elite circle of notable rock musicians, writing songs about the transcendental experience of sailing became *de rigueur* for a couple of years in the mid- to late 1970s; this phenomemen was called *Marina Rock* at the time. The musicians who were part of this trend had in common that they had become rich since the 1960s and lived in Southern California where owning a big yacht was an obvious choice for folks owning more money than they could spend in a lifetime. As for Crosby, Stills & Nash`s song, it is in line with the trend of the time insofar as it is emphatically *not* about cruising the pacific surrounded by one`s friends and loved ones, but about a man (Stephen Stills) who puts to sea on his own to leave behind the unwholesome life he had led lately: the life of a man who had been repeatedly deserted by the same woman. Mind you, we are in the decade immediately following the cultural revolution of the 1960s when divorce rates skyrocketed for the first time in recorded history. Enough said. Here it is: th-cam.com/video/Bw9gLjEGJrw/w-d-xo.html
These are the types of ppl I like, adventurous, intelligent ppl who enjoy life and all that it has to offer. You guys sound cool, and I wish I had the opportunity to know you. Be safe on your travels and thank you for sharing.
We lived in the atolls for generations. Although it is always beautiful, I thank God our kind is not wiped by harsh cyclone disasters. Thanks for sharing such a wonderful video.
I can see the love you have for this beautiful and unique ecosystem. I feel the same way about the southwest deserts. I would love to experience where you went one. Thank you for this wonderful film it made my day.
I was born on an atoll island in the South Pacific. I also grew up there, but now I am living in the middle of a big continent here in mainland USA. How different life here is compared to life out there on the islands. Your clear and vivid videos just makes me feel like I am out there when I watch it. The only thing absent of course is the heat of the tropical sun that I know is always present at daytime. Hopefully I will go back one day to swim in the lagoon again before it is lost forever by the increasing sea level rise (if science predictions are correct). Thank you for sharing your adventures on those islands.
@@bry117 yeah thanks to the Americans, y'all bomb testing our ancestors beautiful Island's, my ppls and myself wouldn't have to worry about all that crap!!
I'm from Palau and navigating around atolls and coral reef in unfamiliar places is definitely challenging. But you've done your homework well observing the color to indicate depth and keeping an eye of the current and the tide flow. 2 thumbs up to Nemo boogie!
I think you guys have a great talent for making these observative documenaries. So many really beautiful shots which captured the characters of these animals. Lot of fun watching, thank you !
Living on an atoll is an experience that I will never forget. I've been to several such as Johnston Island, Midway and Kwajalein the beauty is in the isolation. Most are only several meters above the ocean with a coral reef that surround them. No phones, TV, newspapers and internet...just imagine, how simple life can be. My only regret is that the industrialized world has managed to pollute the ocean to such an extent that the coral beaches are littered with plastics, rubber products and those throw away cigarette lighters. I like your video though and there is beautyall around.
Bill Johnson Hi Bill. Thanks for watching. I agree with your comment. The beauty of being immersed in nature and away from modern life is wonderful. And...the plastic trash is heart breaking. Hopefully things are changing. In just a few short years many countries have banned single use plastic bags. If we continue to raise awareness of the consequences of our lifestyle, then we may yet be able to make the necessary changes. All the best, Steve
Thank you for sharing this absolutely beautiful video with us. The South Pacific is still the greatest love of my life. Being from Oz, makes me so lucky to be so close to it. Good luck with your adventures :)
What a beautiful video, and how wonderful to see for real these remote little jewels of land in a sparkling sea! And the music was so well chosen - from Pat Metheny's Secret Story, one of my favourite albums of all time, and one of my favourite artistes, too. His music is so very cinematic and descriptive, and often puts tears in my eyes from the images he evokes. I would so love to do something like this, but I know I never will. But I can travel the world on the internet for almost nothing - here's a list of the places I've found that I'd most love to visit (and they're not all sunkissed ocean paradises): Niuafo'ou - most remote, most northerly, tiny island of the Tonga group. No, I've no idea how it's pronounced; they issue their own postage stamps, too - always a plus point! Aogashima - a volcano island about 220 miles south of Tokyo, with a village built inside the crater! And with roads! And buses! And shops! And neatly cultivated crop fields! Any of the Japanese islands given over to cats (there are about 12) -- I am a lifelong cat devotee, and have 3 myself; Kapingamarangi atoll - very remote and isolated island of the Micronesia group; Any of the Maldives or the Laccadives; St Kilda - just in the local neighbourhood for me, here in the UK - but terribly hard to get to; Novaya Zemlya - an obscure but huge pair of islands off the north coast of Russia, the northern extremity of the Ural mountain chain. Covered with glaciers, and completely off limits to visitors, due to being a nuclear testing zone; Frans Josef Land - even more obscure, hardly ever mentioned, the most northerly islands on the planet. Yet they appear to be largely ice-free much of the time, and have some unique species of shrubs; Baker Island and Howland Island - about as close to the centre of the Pacific as you can get without falling down the hole in the middle... 8=)), and completely devoid of people (and resources!) Just flat pancakes covered in low scrub bush; Henderson, Ducie and Oeno - the other 3 islands which make up the Pitcairn Islands group. Completely isolated, even from Pitcairn, uninhabited, and sadly littered with plastic waste swept ashore by ocean currents; beautiful places, nevertheless; The Caribbean - almost anywhere, really, but let me pick 3: ...Turks & Caicos Islands - just a sprinkle of little specks of land and sand and salt cays at the southern end of the Bahamas; ...de Palm Island, Aruba, Dutch Antilles - basically just a long, narrow sand spit off the western coast of Aruba, very much a rich man's paradise, with one very commercialised end, and one unspoilt end still swathed in greenery; ...San Blas Islands, Panama - a scatter of about 365 minute islands close to the eastern coast of Panama, which have an idyllic climate, an easy going lifestyle and friendly local natives; ...OK, 4, but this one's a bit of a joke... ...Redonda - a savagely difficult block of volcanic rock, which is part of Antigua & Barbuda, almost impossible to land on, no viable land for cultivation, but claimed by W.L.Gates in an assumed role as 'King Leo of Redonda'! Saint Pierre et Miquelon - an anachronistic archipelago, windswept and barren, off the southern coast of Newfoundland, Canada, which still maintains strong ties to France as an overseas department; The Florida Keys - mostly, I'd love to spend time exploring some of the really tiny ones, some no bigger than a tennis court, which the Overseas Highway barely touches; Belcher Islands - an odd bunch of strips of land, arranged NE to SW, in the midst of the huge, freezing expanse of icy water of Hudson Bay, Canada, completely treeless and windblown; Tristan da Cunha - an almost circular volcanic blob in the far reaches of the southern Atlantic, with a small population in a single settlement, struggling to sustain life in very hostile circumstances; South Sandwich Islands - part of the Falkland Islands Dependencies, and a forbidding string of volcanic blobs, completely impossible for human life, although with substantial seal and penguin colonies. Fearfully cold and storm-lashed, many wreathed with glaciers, but with intriguing names - Candlemas Island being my favourite And as we've somewhat drifted away from the theme of atolls, to end on, somewhere nice and hot and remote... Farquhar Atoll - the southernmost and most remote of a long chain of specks extending south from the Seychelles group, although closer to the northern tip of Madagascar. Well I hope that your voyages take you to some of these places - if so, don't forget to film your trips and post it here for us all to see and drool over! Thanks for the story so far.
oh my!!! its my dream to do this!!! if only i was an adult and had lots of money!!! im soooo into exploring tropical islands and coral reefs!!! Thanks guys!!! You got me dreaming!!! And surf breaks too? completely a heaven for me!!!
Hi! i really like this great video! perfect ! Wonderful shootings with Pat and Lyle as a dazzling soundtrack! Soon i will get a boat and drop out too...
Spectacular scenery and video. I watched some of your other videos and they're all stunning. Someday I wish to do the same around the Papua new guinea, Solomon islands and such. A dream is to visit Anuta in the Solomon islands. Keep up the good work!
Thanks so much for uploading this gorgeous video. Like other commenters here I too dream of visiting the heavenly South Pacific islands one day. Sheer paradise compared with the dreary UK in winter.
Thank you for that. What amazing adventures. I just started sailing a couple years ago, nearing middle-age, I hope I can still get in on at least one such trip.
Do it Stu! We met many people in there 60s and 70s enjoying the healthy lifestyle of sailing and being active running a boat. Thanks for your comment on our video. Cheers, Steve
I will most likely never have the means to travel the South Pacific as you have. Surfing the Maldives is another dream that will probably remain just that. Thank you for the video,..it let me place myself there if only in spirit.
Blue n green colored water is deeper !!!looks like fun and lots of work/and preparation .I really enjoyed your video and hope maybe to see more .thanks for dsharing your south sea voyage . smile
What a marvellous video. Full of interesting facts and oh how simply amazing to have had the experience of these places and their wildlife in warm, clear blue waters and white deserted sandy beaches. The memories will live with you forever.
From an ever continuous erupting volcano (Fire,no life, etc.) to this beautiness ( new word that I made :)), from chaos to serenity. I wish this serenity to every person on the face of our earth. Amen
Wow, in bed on a cold night in Manchester - England, watching your incredible footage. What a beautiful paradise! I would love to learn how to sail and voyage to this part of the world. Rob - 25
Rob, do it. You can make it happen. We have met people from all over the world that are out crewing on other peoples boats and having an amazing adventure. Read about cruising online, and you might be able to find yourself a crew spot. Go for it! Steve
I lived n Key Largo Florida Keys for twenty years. We had all kinds of wildlife visiting our backyard dock, we were five minutes from the Gulfstream and had all the convenience’s of a highway to Miami for shopping. The best of both worlds.
I'm from bikini bottom 😁 "The Marshall Islands" and I love the beauty of this video! Spongebob and I are proud of the work you put forth in this video!
Thank you for sharing your videos. I'm not sure there is a more beautiful place on earth than the pacific islands. I've been to the Cook Islands twice and visited a couple close ones that are accessible by flight but hope some day I can see and photograph some of the more remote islands in that chain and others. Wish I could hide somewhere on that boat when you head out and experience what you have! Thank you again for the beautiful videos, at least I can be transported there for 12 minutes :-)
Hello from the pacific..i've always been fascinated by your part of europe..the baltic peoples,their culture,cuisine and the stunning scenery seem so interesting to me..
All them birds....reminded me of Swan Island in the Caribbean off the coast off Honduras....a spawning ground for the king of birds....The mighty albatross.....
*****Great and elite work.Thanks to your priceless efforts to give us clear precioos information and happiness by showing the gorgeous beauty of hidden paradise & underwater world
beautiful beach, clear water, plenty of seafood, no worries, no pressure, how i wish i could stay there. John, i am sure after this trip, you were bitten by the travel bug, you will continue to go places. bon voyage
In 1980 i visited Raratonga following from reading the book An Island To Oneself by Tom Neal. He lived on a tiny atol called Suvarov in the Cook Islands. Raratonga then was beautiful with hardly any tourism. I lived in a little shack next to the beach lstening to the surf on the reef at night. Beautiful.
Thank you so much for sharing this video. I am sooo jealous, however, this film allows me to see it through y'alls eyes. Sharing this video allows us to at least go there in our imaginations and have it feel real. I really cannot thank you enough. God Bless, and here's to wishing more adventures for you and your family, but please share them.♥†♥
this video brings back so many memories. so true about the abundent sea life and the colors of the diffrent corals and sponges . one fish I used to love watching but not touching was the lion fish they come in a varaity of colors. I have been blessed by being able to dive and snorkel in australias great barrier reef. all over the philippines. guam, saipan. truck lagoon (now called Chook) and a number of small islands in the bikini groupe. thanks for sharing your video
Wow. The places you mentioned are really some of the best diving locations in the world. We are so glad we have been able to see them. Thanks for commenting on our video. Cheers, Steve
i enjoyed this spent my childhood in new britain from the early 60s to mid 75 had my own lakatoi i follow free range sailing on their 30ft monohull you might enjoy their style
Hi Jonathan, Thank you very much for the compliment. I'm glad you enjoyed our video. We hope to have another one up in a few months from our recent trip to Indonesia. Warmly, STeve
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I lived in Fiji back in 1990, and still miss it today. The best time of my life, I should have stayed 🙁
How have you get the permission to live? Which kind of job did you have?
well you know just like everything else today, Fiji probably sucks, and was awesome in the '90s.
So you had free Fiji water huh
Which island in Fiji.
Yes u should have
Beautiful video, and shows the South Pacific as it is. French Polynesia had always been at the very apex of my wife's and my travel dreams. In June 2017 we had the trip of a lifetime that I can't imagine can be surpassed. My oldest friend has done very well in life and is part of a club that is kind of a timeshare for boat cruising. He chartered a 60 foot sailing catamaran and he invited ten of us; old friends, his adult kids and cousins. We had a skilled and friendly captain and mate. This was the absolutely perfect way to see these atolls, as Steve and Manjula did because when you anchor your boat in the lagoon you have the beautiful reef and motus on one side and the central volcanic island on the other. They say there are 14 shades of blue in these atolls. Just look at an aerial view and you'll believe it. Everyday was a level of beauty and G-d's grace that just made you feel peaceful and quiet. The diving was the best I'd ever done. As they said the depths in the lagoon went from shallow to about 100 feet, and then from just inside the reef, 20 or so feet over to the outside edge it could drop down 6,000 feet into blue ocean. We saw the most beautiful and varied coral and fish life we've ever seen, including manta rays, eagle rays and sting rays, blacktip sharks (first time seeing sharks in the wild for me.) Then the evenings were gorgeous; cocktails on the upper deck, no light pollution and constellations I'd never seen before as I'd never been south of the Equator. The entire experience was like a week-long prayer. I'll always be grateful for it.
sounds phenomenal! definetly one of my life goals!
TheRayor99 hit the nail: Exploring Oceania`s world of islands aboard a reasonably long and capacious vessel in the company of family and friends - it doesn`t get any better than that. Reminds me of a beautiful song by Crosby, Stills & Nash from the late `70s called "Southern Cross". Among an elite circle of notable rock musicians, writing songs about the transcendental experience of sailing became *de rigueur* for a couple of years in the mid- to late 1970s; this phenomemen was called *Marina Rock* at the time. The musicians who were part of this trend had in common that they had become rich since the 1960s and lived in Southern California where owning a big yacht was an obvious choice for folks owning more money than they could spend in a lifetime. As for Crosby, Stills & Nash`s song, it is in line with the trend of the time insofar as it is emphatically *not* about cruising the pacific surrounded by one`s friends and loved ones, but about a man (Stephen Stills) who puts to sea on his own to leave behind the unwholesome life he had led lately: the life of a man who had been repeatedly deserted by the same woman. Mind you, we are in the decade immediately following the cultural revolution of the 1960s when divorce rates skyrocketed for the first time in recorded history.
Enough said. Here it is:
th-cam.com/video/Bw9gLjEGJrw/w-d-xo.html
@@stefanhernold345 thank you for your comment! :) i went straight to the link hahaha! It sure is a beautiful song. thanks for the recommendation!
Him: I've never seen this many birds in my life
Me: Throws a french fry out the window of my car at McDonalds... 🍟
Something I've always dreamed of doing is sailing the south Pacific.🌴⛅
And facing great adventures
These are the types of ppl I like, adventurous, intelligent ppl who enjoy life and all that it has to offer. You guys sound cool, and I wish I had the opportunity to know you. Be safe on your travels and thank you for sharing.
Thank you!!!
and creating a dream !
We lived in the atolls for generations. Although it is always beautiful, I thank God our kind is not wiped by harsh cyclone disasters. Thanks for sharing such a wonderful video.
As a lifelong surfer and sailor, I wish to tell you-guys thanks for a job well done...esp.nice waves shots at the end. Fair winds folks!
Thanks for the Pat Metheney music... I think it is a perfect match for your film. 😊
Amazing scenery and beautiful footage! You guys are totally "Living the dream"... Power to you- stay safe and thanks for Sharing!
I can see the love you have for this beautiful and unique ecosystem. I feel the same way about the southwest deserts. I would love to experience where you went one. Thank you for this wonderful film it made my day.
You've taken quite a few fantastic footage. Thanks for sharing your adventure and your knowledge in navigating. Cheers!
I was born on an atoll island in the South Pacific. I also grew up there, but now I am living in the middle of a big continent here in mainland USA. How different life here is compared to life out there on the islands. Your clear and vivid videos just makes me feel like I am out there when I watch it. The only thing absent of course is the heat of the tropical sun that I know is always present at daytime. Hopefully I will go back one day to swim in the lagoon again before it is lost forever by the increasing sea level rise (if science predictions are correct). Thank you for sharing your adventures on those islands.
Branco McTabb
Wow, interesting.
You are lucky
What atoll you was born??
Sea levels rise and fresh magma too
@@bry117 yeah thanks to the Americans, y'all bomb testing our ancestors beautiful Island's, my ppls and myself wouldn't have to worry about all that crap!!
Awesome Video and incredible still photos.Thanks
I'm from Palau and navigating around atolls and coral reef in unfamiliar places is definitely challenging. But you've done your homework well observing the color to indicate depth and keeping an eye of the current and the tide flow. 2 thumbs up to Nemo boogie!
I think you guys have a great talent for making these observative documenaries. So many really beautiful shots which captured the characters of these animals. Lot of fun watching, thank you !
Pat Metheny "Secret Story" is one of my favorite albums of all time:) Nice work on the video.
Wow! what a life you 2 have! Thanks for sharing places most of us would never see otherwise. Blessings and be safe out there. SB
Thank you very much for your kind words. Yes we are very blessed to have been able to do this kind of trip. Cheers, Steve
I will NEVER give up on the boogie.. Loved your video :)
Living on an atoll is an experience that I will never forget. I've been to several such as Johnston Island, Midway and Kwajalein the beauty is in the isolation. Most are only several meters above the ocean with a coral reef that surround them. No phones, TV, newspapers and internet...just imagine, how simple life can be. My only regret is that the industrialized world has managed to pollute the ocean to such an extent that the coral beaches are littered with plastics, rubber products and those throw away cigarette lighters. I like your video though and there is beautyall around.
Bill Johnson Hi Bill. Thanks for watching. I agree with your comment. The beauty of being immersed in nature and away from modern life is wonderful. And...the plastic trash is heart breaking. Hopefully things are changing. In just a few short years many countries have banned single use plastic bags. If we continue to raise awareness of the consequences of our lifestyle, then we may yet be able to make the necessary changes.
All the best,
Steve
@@w_6880 The outer reefs hold the swell back, and the land is all at least at the level of the highest possible tide...
on the bright side washed up trash could be treasure to any unlucky castaway
Thanks for sharing. Sailing the South Pacific has long been my dream.
im from the philippines and i know a lots of tiny island exist in south pacific ocean.. and i want to visit them all very soon,,
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Someone loves Pat Metheny! I really enjoyed this video. Thanks!
Thank you for sharing this absolutely beautiful video with us. The South Pacific is still the greatest love of my life. Being from Oz, makes me so lucky to be so close to it. Good luck with your adventures :)
So cool. Thanks for sharing. I think you are very fortunate to have experienced this together.
What a beautiful video, and how wonderful to see for real these remote little jewels of land in a sparkling sea! And the music was so well chosen - from Pat Metheny's Secret Story, one of my favourite albums of all time, and one of my favourite artistes, too. His music is so very
cinematic and descriptive, and often puts tears in my eyes from the images he evokes.
I would so love to do something like this, but I know I never will. But I can travel the world on the internet for almost nothing - here's a list of the places I've found that I'd most love to visit (and they're not all sunkissed ocean paradises):
Niuafo'ou - most remote, most northerly, tiny island of the Tonga group. No, I've no idea how it's pronounced; they issue their own postage stamps, too - always a plus point!
Aogashima - a volcano island about 220 miles south of Tokyo, with a village built inside the crater! And with roads! And buses! And shops! And neatly cultivated crop fields!
Any of the Japanese islands given over to cats (there are about 12) -- I am a lifelong cat devotee, and have 3 myself;
Kapingamarangi atoll - very remote and isolated island of the Micronesia group;
Any of the Maldives or the Laccadives;
St Kilda - just in the local neighbourhood for me, here in the UK - but terribly hard to get to;
Novaya Zemlya - an obscure but huge pair of islands off the north coast of Russia, the northern extremity of the Ural mountain chain. Covered with glaciers, and completely off limits to visitors, due to being a nuclear testing zone;
Frans Josef Land - even more obscure, hardly ever mentioned, the most northerly islands on the planet. Yet they appear to be largely ice-free much of the time, and have some unique species of shrubs;
Baker Island and Howland Island - about as close to the centre of the Pacific as you can get without falling down the hole in the middle... 8=)), and completely devoid of people (and resources!) Just flat pancakes covered in low scrub bush;
Henderson, Ducie and Oeno - the other 3 islands which make up the Pitcairn Islands group. Completely isolated, even from Pitcairn, uninhabited, and sadly littered with plastic waste swept ashore by ocean currents; beautiful places, nevertheless;
The Caribbean - almost anywhere, really, but let me pick 3:
...Turks & Caicos Islands - just a sprinkle of little specks of land and sand and salt cays at the southern end of the Bahamas;
...de Palm Island, Aruba, Dutch Antilles - basically just a long, narrow sand spit off the western coast of Aruba, very much a rich man's paradise, with one very commercialised end, and one unspoilt end still swathed in greenery;
...San Blas Islands, Panama - a scatter of about 365 minute islands close to the eastern coast of Panama, which have an idyllic climate, an easy going lifestyle and friendly local natives;
...OK, 4, but this one's a bit of a joke...
...Redonda - a savagely difficult block of volcanic rock, which is part of Antigua & Barbuda, almost impossible to land on, no viable land for cultivation, but claimed by W.L.Gates in an assumed role as 'King Leo of Redonda'!
Saint Pierre et Miquelon - an anachronistic archipelago, windswept and barren, off the southern coast of Newfoundland, Canada, which still maintains strong ties to France as an overseas department;
The Florida Keys - mostly, I'd love to spend time exploring some of the really tiny ones, some no bigger than a tennis court, which the Overseas Highway barely touches;
Belcher Islands - an odd bunch of strips of land, arranged NE to SW, in the midst of the huge, freezing expanse of icy water of Hudson Bay, Canada, completely treeless and windblown;
Tristan da Cunha - an almost circular volcanic blob in the far reaches of the southern Atlantic, with a small population in a single settlement, struggling to sustain life in very hostile circumstances;
South Sandwich Islands - part of the Falkland Islands Dependencies, and a forbidding string of volcanic blobs, completely impossible for human life, although with substantial seal and penguin colonies. Fearfully cold and storm-lashed, many wreathed with glaciers, but with intriguing names - Candlemas Island being my favourite
And as we've somewhat drifted away from the theme of atolls, to end on, somewhere nice and hot and remote...
Farquhar Atoll - the southernmost and most remote of a long chain of specks extending south from the Seychelles group, although closer to the northern tip of Madagascar.
Well I hope that your voyages take you to some of these places - if so, don't forget to film your trips and post it here for us all to see and drool over! Thanks for the story so far.
Good thing i found this!!! Thank you!!
God has given you a great blessing for being able to get there! Thank you very much to sharing this wonderful video.
Hi Maruti. Thanks very much for your comment. We feel very fortunate to have the opportunity to visit these beautiful places.
oh my!!! its my dream to do this!!! if only i was an adult and had lots of money!!! im soooo into exploring tropical islands and coral reefs!!! Thanks guys!!! You got me dreaming!!! And surf breaks too? completely a heaven for me!!!
Hi! i really like this great video! perfect ! Wonderful shootings with Pat and Lyle as a dazzling soundtrack! Soon i will get a boat and drop out too...
Wow amazing photographic capture.....the bird at 12.29 is ringed !!
Spectacular scenery and video. I watched some of your other videos and they're all stunning. Someday I wish to do the same around the Papua new guinea, Solomon islands and such. A dream is to visit Anuta in the Solomon islands. Keep up the good work!
You are very fortunate! From my perspective it is hard to imagine a more beautiful or idyllic setting in all of creation than the pacific atolls.
We are definitely fortunate. Thanks for watching our video.
Steve
i go to the sea of cortez and tour some of the islands every year..this looks like some of them..lovely video
We love the Sea of Cortez islands! Yes, these do look a bit like some of those places. Cheers,
Steve
That's so gorgeous. What a beautiful adventure!
Thanks!
Steve
Thank you for one the finest travel videos I've seen here. Stunning photography and great music. :-)
Thanks so much for uploading this gorgeous video. Like other commenters here I too dream of visiting the heavenly South Pacific islands one day. Sheer paradise compared with the dreary UK in winter.
Now this is truly enjoying the blessing of life. Be safe. Life is good!
Stunning! Thanks for sharing such beautiful footage!
Thank you for your kind words.
Warm regards,
Steve
An absolutely stunning video, thank you for sharing this.
Brilliant video. Ive never heard it pronounced A-toll before. Iv'e always known it as at-toll. Atoll
Thank you for that. What amazing adventures. I just started sailing a couple years ago, nearing middle-age, I hope I can still get in on at least one such trip.
Do it Stu! We met many people in there 60s and 70s enjoying the healthy lifestyle of sailing and being active running a boat.
Thanks for your comment on our video.
Cheers,
Steve
OMW, truly breathtaking. La Dolce Vita ...!!!
Nice video. You guys know what you're doing. I've always wanted to travel like this. Wish I could join you next time.
Woww. Pat Metheny and South Pacific atolls. Both are my favorites
freaking amazing sights! good for you guys, my husband and I would love to do something like this some day😃
I love the Pat Metheny music, Very Nice! And the close out music by Zapp "More Bounce to the Ounce." 👍🏼
I will most likely never have the means to travel the South Pacific as you have. Surfing the Maldives is another dream that will probably remain just that. Thank you for the video,..it let me place myself there if only in spirit.
Thanks very much for noticing the boogie at the end of our video!
Cheers,
Steve
I was feeling like total crap & this video lifted my spirits for no real reason that I can pinpoint.
Great video! For an admirer of the pacific islands this was amazing to see. Thanks again!
Thank you Richard.
Steve
Great video and music going back through my Pat Metheny CDs
Blue n green colored water is deeper !!!looks like fun and lots of work/and preparation .I really enjoyed your video and hope maybe to see more .thanks for dsharing your south sea voyage . smile
Thank you very much for your comment Robert.
Steve
@Hello robert gonzales, How are you doing?
That was such a beautiful and well-done video! I have been to Fakarava in the Tuomotos and can attest to how very beautiful coral atolls are!
What a marvellous video. Full of interesting facts and oh how simply amazing to have had the experience of these places and their wildlife in warm, clear blue waters and white deserted sandy beaches. The memories will live with you forever.
Thank you so much. Yes, the memories are fantastic. Warm water, and wild nature.
Cheers,
Steve
From an ever continuous erupting volcano (Fire,no life, etc.) to this beautiness ( new word that I made :)), from chaos to serenity. I wish this serenity to every person on the face of our earth. Amen
Great video! - just came back from Rangiroa and Tikehau myself and already missing the place ...
Narrated very well! Extremely nice video!Thanks, Bill of Simsbury, Ct USA
@Hello Tobey Tobey, How are you doing?
What a beautiful world we live in!
yes some places are really wonderfull !
Wow, in bed on a cold night in Manchester - England, watching your incredible footage. What a beautiful paradise! I would love to learn how to sail and voyage to this part of the world. Rob - 25
Rob, do it. You can make it happen. We have met people from all over the world that are out crewing on other peoples boats and having an amazing adventure. Read about cruising online, and you might be able to find yourself a crew spot. Go for it!
Steve
Amazing that must be a great way to have an adventure and relaxing holiday
I lived n Key Largo Florida Keys for twenty years. We had all kinds of wildlife visiting our backyard dock, we were five minutes from the
Gulfstream and had all the convenience’s of a highway to Miami for shopping. The best of both worlds.
Good thing we own a atoll like these from our great great grandfather pass down to generations n I go there every year
I slowly fell asleep watching this, smiling. I want your life.
I'm from bikini bottom 😁 "The Marshall Islands" and I love the beauty of this video! Spongebob and I are proud of the work you put forth in this video!
Magnificent!!! Thanks for sharing!!
Thank you Gern.
Steve
Thank you for5he awesome video❤
What a photography...Candid beauty of nature...
Amazing video, thanks for sharing!!!
Thank you for sharing your videos. I'm not sure there is a more beautiful place on earth than the pacific islands. I've been to the Cook Islands twice and visited a couple close ones that are accessible by flight but hope some day I can see and photograph some of the more remote islands in that chain and others. Wish I could hide somewhere on that boat when you head out and experience what you have! Thank you again for the beautiful videos, at least I can be transported there for 12 minutes :-)
Thank you Bradly. I appreciate you kind words. Yes, the Cook islands are great, and remote!
Warm regards,
Steve
This is so beautiful.. Hello from very non-tropical place, Latvia...
Hello from the pacific..i've always been fascinated by your part of europe..the baltic peoples,their culture,cuisine and the stunning scenery seem so interesting to me..
This video is like poetry, i have seen this video so many times ......
All them birds....reminded me of Swan Island in the Caribbean off the coast off Honduras....a spawning ground for the king of birds....The mighty albatross.....
Thanks
How heavenly, i would want to live there forever !
Thank you! Nicely done.
Nice video. Very pleasant to watch. Thanks for sharing!
Never went there but am in Philippines now and happy. Enjoy the islands while you can everyone!
Appreciating my Home💜💜💜💜SML for my South Pacific Islands
*****Great and elite work.Thanks to your priceless efforts to give us clear precioos information and happiness by showing the gorgeous beauty of hidden paradise & underwater world
beautiful beach, clear water, plenty of seafood, no worries, no pressure, how i wish i could stay there. John, i am sure after this trip, you were bitten by the travel bug, you will continue to go places. bon voyage
Beautiful island 🏝 reminds me of The Blue Lagoon movie
Thats a movie worth remembering. Just a tad bit of taboo and all lol
wow your living my dream
thanks for great video and sharing it with all
Thank you Mark.
Steve
What a life. Beautiful.
very beautiful
its great place
lovely
In 1980 i visited Raratonga following from reading the book An Island To Oneself by Tom Neal. He lived on a tiny atol called Suvarov in the Cook Islands. Raratonga then was beautiful with hardly any tourism. I lived in a little shack next to the beach lstening to the surf on the reef at night. Beautiful.
Thanks very much. Yeah, those waves are pretty. Especially in the very warm water temps.
Cheers
Thank you so much for sharing this video. I am sooo jealous, however, this film allows me to see it through y'alls eyes. Sharing this video allows us to at least go there in our imaginations and have it feel real. I really cannot thank you enough. God Bless, and here's to wishing more adventures for you and your family, but please share them.♥†♥
this video brings back so many memories. so true about the abundent sea life and the colors of the diffrent corals and sponges . one fish I used to love watching but not touching was the lion fish they come in a varaity of colors. I have been blessed by being able to dive and snorkel in australias great barrier reef. all over the philippines. guam, saipan. truck lagoon (now called Chook) and a number of small islands in the bikini groupe. thanks for sharing your video
Wow. The places you mentioned are really some of the best diving locations in the world. We are so glad we have been able to see them. Thanks for commenting on our video. Cheers, Steve
its CHUUK not chook...
@Hello Richard Hilbert, How are you doing?
Awesome video. I'd love to make that trip from the bay sometime.
Hi Caleb,
Do it. It's a great experience.
Thanks for watching our video.
Steve
Liked the surfing all alone
Thank you Quinn. It feels great to hear your kind words about our video.
Many thanks, Steve
AHHH..yeah How sweet it is to be traveling that way. Gorgeous area and I love the beat at the end 12:00 (EPMD - You Gots To Chill)
Thanks much! Steve
Endlesssummerable
It's actually Zap and Roger - more bounce to the ounce
i enjoyed this spent my childhood in new britain from the early 60s to mid 75 had my own lakatoi i follow free range sailing on their 30ft monohull you might enjoy their style
i never appreciate livinng in atols untill iam away!cant wait to be back home.swimming in coral reefs is the only fun i have in childhood anyways
***** of cos..we have many atol in my country
atolls and Pat metheny's music ! nothing better ;-)
Wow beautifull video thank you.
A really enjoyable watch. Excellent quality and editing.
Hi Jonathan,
Thank you very much for the compliment. I'm glad you enjoyed our video.
We hope to have another one up in a few months from our recent trip to Indonesia.
Warmly,
STeve
great video,thank you.
Thank for sharing your experience .
great videos! i'd really like to got to the south pacific someday. parliament funkadelic and george are the bomb!!!
humdrummed Hi Humdrummed. I hope you get a chance to go. It is amazing.
Steve
Awesome place!
Love the music.