Nuku Hiva and the Cannibals
FRENCH POLYNESIA, PARADISE - PART THREE - NUKU HIVA
Visiting this beautiful volcanic island first thought is to find those so much disputed cannibals. Took a jeep ride, but nothing like the one I had in Moorea. The only way of touring the island is with local jeeps, the island is small and has limited resources for tourism, which is great by the way, so the only transportation on the island is using the jeeps owned by the locals. So we drove up the top of the island, spectacular views as only French Polynesia can offer to the hungry traveler's eyes such as mine.
Happy to be in this so remote place but where are the cannibals? I have read so many stories about them, the last incident of cannibalism was registered in 2011, which was only 4 years back from the date I have been there. Apparently, this 40 years old German tourist was traveling with the girlfriend and disappeared. Parts of his body were found in the jungle and he was identified based on his dental fie. The cannibal was this 28 years old handsome islander and he was arrested.
We proceed by arriving in one of the villages, the Islanders as they do not get much visitors knowing that we are coming set up a welcome reception, fruits, and refreshments. What a day, but no sign of cannibals.
Couldn't help though noticing the tattoos that every islander has, no matter the gender. The word tattoo has his origins from French Polynesia and the firsts tattoos are tracked back on the first Maori civilization. Here and most of the islands that are part of French Polynesia you can see the beautiful tanned bodies, men, and women with this magnetizing tribal tattoos.
Below you will see also a video of one of the tribal dance performances offered by the Islanders on board the ship.
Happy to be in this so remote place but where are the cannibals? I have read so many stories about them, the last incident of cannibalism was registered in 2011, which was only 4 years back from the date I have been there. Apparently, this 40 years old German tourist was traveling with the girlfriend and disappeared. Parts of his body were found in the jungle and he was identified based on his dental fie. The cannibal was this 28 years old handsome islander and he was arrested.
We proceed by arriving in one of the villages, the Islanders as they do not get much visitors knowing that we are coming set up a welcome reception, fruits, and refreshments. What a day, but no sign of cannibals.
Couldn't help though noticing the tattoos that every islander has, no matter the gender. The word tattoo has his origins from French Polynesia and the firsts tattoos are tracked back on the first Maori civilization. Here and most of the islands that are part of French Polynesia you can see the beautiful tanned bodies, men, and women with this magnetizing tribal tattoos.
Below you will see also a video of one of the tribal dance performances offered by the Islanders on board the ship.
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