Arriving on Christmas Island Kiritimati - 4K VLOG 105

Surf legend Chuck Corbett aka the Atoll Man renounces his United States citizenship with no country to his name to live the rest of his days in Kiribati. This is the beginning of our long adventure getting to the elusive Island known as Tabuaeran. After our once a week flight to Tabueran canceled due to a mechanical issue, we were questioning whether or not we'd even make it out to the island of our dreams.

[@ukaia]

I’m obsessed with these types of islands and it‘s so cool to see you got to go there!

[@livinglifeunpeeled]

Ukaia Rogers They are pretty damn unreal!! Feels like you’re strolling through another world when you walk across the flats..

[@Alex.Kaleipahula]

Me too bro, where are from? Im from Hawaii but all the islands in the Pacific fascinate me, where are u from?

[@ishanpednekar6576]

Google Maps is a great friend for me for exploring in the Covid era

[@bensmith2951]

This is the world’s earliest time zone (UTC+14)

[@ronholfly]

Thanks for the video, I was stationed there during 1954/5 during the British atomic tests, happy days.

[@visionist7]

Did you watch the detonations using tinted goggles?

[@ronholfly]

@@visionist7 Hi there, we were never issued with eye protection or protection clothing other than being told to sit on the ground with our backs to the detonation point and cover our face with our hands. At detonation the flash was so bright you could see an Xray picture of your hands over your eyes, scary times looking back.

[@TheEducatedTrucker]

@@ronholfly that’s terrifying, why did you guys even need to be there in the first place ??? I saw a video about this on vice’s channel. It was a bunch of veterans who did the same thing you did back then and they all had a reunion. Most of the people had health issues including cancer. And a lot of people also died young from the complications.

[@ronholfly]

@@TheEducatedTrucker I was RAF ground crew we serviced the aircraft use during the operation. Consequently we had a grand stand view of the detonation and felt the heat and flash.

[@Beejayize]

I was there also in 1958/9 for the British Nuclear Weapons Tests

[@elonmusk_5394]

I was lookin’ on Google Maps when I saw an island with Paris, London, Poland and banana on it and when I search it no one even mentions it

[@mikekahvegian7625]

Me tooooo

[@elonmusk_5394]

Mike Kahvegian finally

[@mikekahvegian7625]

@@elonmusk_5394 Search about armenian genocide

[@SunsterKyogre]

lol same

[@martymcfly5423]

I though it was a Joke and someone just trying to prank the Viewers of Google-Maps until i found out its actually the real Names 😲

[@viridianarris5926]

Thats such a crazy situation. I'm so glad that you guys made the best of it.

[@livinglifeunpeeled]

Viridian Arris It gets pretty darn wild!!

[@michaeljones7720]

Spent a year on Christmas Island 1961-1962 for the Nuclear Tests weather was great

[@yantoicik6137]

Thanks bro for shared amazing vidio,regards from Borobudur Indonesia 😁🙏

[@kiritimatiswan1986]

this place is beautful

[@wavehunta]

Love you Chuck. Helping you to disable your ego, as any mate would do

[@visionist7]

As the very first island to see-in a new day, Sunrise Island would make a better name. There's another Christmas Island west of Australia after all.
Or call it New Year's Island

[@thrashfrog869]

Damn i like this

[@azdaniazdani5298]

Say hye from malaysia...beautiful place

[@stevenhill3884]

I worked and lived there for 8 months and cleaned up all of the military left behind in 2004 and 2005 with Saftey Ecology Corp so there very little military equipment left on the island and it was not bombed during testing there was very little and it was done at sea

[@digvijaysingh3794]

Hell very goood

[@anarchistatheist1917]

This is one place I would like to visit. It's the first place in the world to experience a new day while it's 10:00 pm a day and 2 hours (26 hours earlier) on baker island and Howland island.

[@ronholfly]

Hi there, yes that's right about the time difference, I was stationed there with the RAF in 1956 during the British Nuclear Bomb testing and we used to get the Saturday football results on the Friday night before the matches??

[@nkdave747]

@@ronholfly that’s really cool you were based there!

[@ronholfly]

@@nkdave747 Yes in 1954 for the British Hydrogen Bomb Tests. A scary experience I must admit.

[@KNBARON]

you'r Getting That Algorithm going for you ...now I hope !

[@vanessagoiania5237]

Me Leva ❤

[@ericgen1231]

Did anyone else notice that Chuck's Arrival Form has Sex (F) checked off? 😮

[@haroldharold3908]

think there on cocas not Christmas island

[@dncrht]

10:01 he ticked Female ?!?!

[@moving3999]

I was expecting a Christmas city-

[@doylechalfant5733]

Vveryawrsomevacationing with aand gpa

[@flinkostememniakgrant1266]

18 mins of talk, wheres the islands?

[@jonicole2587]

If you look closely they’re pictured in the first scene. Hope this helps.

[@philhepburn447]

This is not Kirimati in Kiribati!

[@livinglifeunpeeled]

Yes it is

[@philhepburn447]

@@livinglifeunpeeled my apologies, my comment was supposed to be on another posting which claimed to be Kiribati, but was clearly Christmas Isla in the Indian Ocean

[@philhepburn447]

@@livinglifeunpeeled vlog105 is definitely Kiribati, I lived there in 1977 and returned for a visit in 2003. I did that fly over many times!!

[@donimulana3732]

I found this islamd from google earth

[@doylechalfant5733]

Billoitof reno,used to live incarsoncitynowcolorado.