Life on Tristan da Cunha - the World's Most Remote Inhabited Island

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  • @Music-zu7su
    @Music-zu7su 3 роки тому +6699

    The air quality must be heaven.

    • @MakerInMotion
      @MakerInMotion 3 роки тому +536

      The view of the stars too.

    • @Ladisingh9
      @Ladisingh9 3 роки тому +141

      Most ppl suffering from asthma and this a hereditary problem bcz when 13 men or or I think 11women (approximately ) came on island. Men have English ,Scottish and Russian DNA and women have African,Asian DNA. after some time women brought 5or may be Six men from Britain and three men got asthma problem and these 3men got asthma from biological father .This is a whole story of DNA of these ppl.They all are British citizens and pound is official currency. They all are Christian and Long live queen is a national anthem.

    • @amlanmohanty3511
      @amlanmohanty3511 3 роки тому +9

      @@Ladisingh9 Indian?

    • @Ladisingh9
      @Ladisingh9 3 роки тому +16

      @@amlanmohanty3511 yes

    • @jetrommelelca8663
      @jetrommelelca8663 3 роки тому +1

      @@Ladisingh9 q+

  • @sindhuchandran1
    @sindhuchandran1 4 роки тому +9487

    Imagine their sky in the night

  • @mujihuz8433
    @mujihuz8433 4 роки тому +2255

    "Its so quite you can sometimes hear the grass growing"
    That was Gold

    • @DieterRahm1845
      @DieterRahm1845 4 роки тому +11

      Yes, for the first half an hour. And then?

    • @1pcfred
      @1pcfred 4 роки тому +18

      I've never heard grass grow. I have heard corn grow though. It sounds like vrup.

    • @alasdairsmith7116
      @alasdairsmith7116 4 роки тому +24

      Also his little chuckle after this is the most endearing thing I've ever seen

    • @ClintEastwood3105
      @ClintEastwood3105 4 роки тому +6

      @@alasdairsmith7116 exactly! That melted my ❤

    • @shivdeepsingh6597
      @shivdeepsingh6597 4 роки тому +19

      Quiet*

  • @MrTony-rx7tk
    @MrTony-rx7tk 8 місяців тому +354

    I like to think that in nearly every post apocalyptic story, this town is still there and is doing just fine

    • @Jack_Ragnarsson
      @Jack_Ragnarsson 2 місяці тому +3

      Interesting... you're probably right tbh

    • @chromberries7329
      @chromberries7329 Місяць тому +55

      Except after 6 months and no cargo ship shows up to restock them lol

    • @AsepNurudd1n
      @AsepNurudd1n Місяць тому

      @@chromberries7329there is potatoes, cow, horse etc.. no need to worry

    • @dennyhounds8102
      @dennyhounds8102 Місяць тому

      ​​@@chromberries7329Usually during an apocalypse the last thing you want is humans intervention. As long as they have water and food they'll be fine

    • @Wilko-p5s
      @Wilko-p5s Місяць тому

      @@chromberries7329they could still survive off of agriculture

  • @danielakrukoff1870
    @danielakrukoff1870 4 роки тому +2733

    I like how he casually starts the video saying he’s been at sea for three weeks getting there XD

    • @Sparky19124
      @Sparky19124 4 роки тому +35

      That’s nothing lol. Try being at sea for 6 months

    • @diegocorrea1059
      @diegocorrea1059 3 роки тому +48

      @@roynalle3807 SHE A DUDE HOMIE❗❗

    • @amirdasmoker5256
      @amirdasmoker5256 3 роки тому +16

      @@Sparky19124 must been a navy boy or marine #ArmyStrong here

    • @milleighncapayi4026
      @milleighncapayi4026 3 роки тому +5

      @@diegocorrea1059 💀😹

    • @azirmandias4191
      @azirmandias4191 3 роки тому +2

      @@diegocorrea1059 I'd expect so

  • @Gary85Paul
    @Gary85Paul 6 років тому +557

    You know this is a remote and cultural place as there's a flute on the soundtrack and everything.

  • @mangoWHOAman
    @mangoWHOAman 3 роки тому +1081

    "It's so quiet you can hear the grass growing." Beautiful.

    • @mbogucki1
      @mbogucki1 3 роки тому +16

      As a city slicker that would drive me absolutely bonkers. I would be playing City Sounds on my Google speaker to fall asleep. LOL

    • @sirrathersplendid4825
      @sirrathersplendid4825 3 роки тому +9

      @@mbogucki1 - You’d get used to it within a week and would never want to go back. LoL.

    • @mbogucki1
      @mbogucki1 3 роки тому +5

      @@sirrathersplendid4825 I don't know friend. I purchased a house and moved from the city to the suburbs . I never got used to the quiet there. I sold the house about 4 years later and moved back to a condo in the city. 🤣
      I can stand the lack of bustle for about a week, when I go camping, but then it starts to bother me.

    • @sirrathersplendid4825
      @sirrathersplendid4825 3 роки тому +2

      @@mbogucki1 - You sound a lot like my wife. She likes country life for a few weeks at a time, but then gets the heebie-jeebies and needs to go back to the city. She’s different, though, in that she doesn’t like the constant noise of the city either!

    • @littlemysummer
      @littlemysummer 3 роки тому +3

      I thought 'it was so quiet you can hear your conscience'.

  • @Thiswayisyours
    @Thiswayisyours Рік тому +324

    Just the way the old man is exuding pure joy and seems so at peace with himself tells me how much we can learn from the islanders way of life.
    Beautiful 🙏

    • @divyanshupatel2326
      @divyanshupatel2326 9 місяців тому

      ​@@raraka828 wdym

    • @raraka828
      @raraka828 9 місяців тому

      @@divyanshupatel2326 ykewim

    • @raraka828
      @raraka828 9 місяців тому

      @@divyanshupatel2326 ykewim!

    • @latinolawdog5067
      @latinolawdog5067 7 місяців тому +2

      What exactly would we learn from them? Their world and cultural experience is extremely limited to say the least.

    • @lennertvandyck5185
      @lennertvandyck5185 2 місяці тому +4

      He does have a confederate flag so I don't know how at peace he is with outsiders

  • @TH3mrBROWN
    @TH3mrBROWN 2 роки тому +521

    This island is so remote it took UA-cam 6 years and 3 months to recommend this video to me!

    • @Bena1957
      @Bena1957 6 місяців тому +2

      Ja sama znalazłam ten film z komentarzy ludzi , na innym kanale .. pozdrawiam serdecznie wszystkich ❤❤

    • @Beaver_Engineers
      @Beaver_Engineers 5 місяців тому +1

      10 yrs 😂

    • @erictayverystrongimaginati1662
      @erictayverystrongimaginati1662 2 місяці тому

      Pls tell the world 🙏

    • @TheUrbanRebel
      @TheUrbanRebel 2 місяці тому

      took them 8 years for me

    • @FalcoNEditZ
      @FalcoNEditZ 2 місяці тому

      @@TheUrbanRebel I second this

  • @benc5635
    @benc5635 3 роки тому +851

    I’ve been here, when I was in the Royal Navy. We stopped off and visited. Beautiful place

    • @kumarms3656
      @kumarms3656 3 роки тому

      Hi

    • @willmccauley22
      @willmccauley22 3 роки тому +49

      Damn how long did y’all stay?😂 I’m in the us navy and when I stopped by faslane I did not understand a god damn word from the Scottish shipyard workers💀

    • @anaedwards6451
      @anaedwards6451 3 роки тому +14

      Thats cool! Not much people would have the opportunity to go there in their lifetimes like they would other countries!

    • @SingTodayi
      @SingTodayi 3 роки тому +6

      Of course you didn't. Royal Navy can't stop whereever they like. Pffffffffff

    • @willmccauley22
      @willmccauley22 3 роки тому +10

      @@SingTodayi I’ve seen the Royal Navy guys drink alcohol on the boat when it’s not their duty day plus they can grow a full ass beard without any special chit. Must be nice to have it easy in the Royal Navy

  • @anthonyatuhaire
    @anthonyatuhaire 4 роки тому +1679

    This is the life we would read about in children's books

    • @martinstardelli9817
      @martinstardelli9817 4 роки тому +16

      Yeah ikr

    • @kaji-ws9jp
      @kaji-ws9jp 4 роки тому +10

      Absolutely

    • @DieterRahm1845
      @DieterRahm1845 4 роки тому +28

      Lovely and... so boring.

    • @Kioki1-x8p
      @Kioki1-x8p 4 роки тому +12

      What if the only doctor in town dies? I bet they'll be in trouble. Island dwellers have a tough life. Due to close proximity and heavy reliance on cordial family like community certain pathogens and disease tend to spread the fastest in such areas.

    • @kesavae9552
      @kesavae9552 4 роки тому +4

      Came down here to comment the same

  • @douglashall2141
    @douglashall2141 Рік тому +48

    " it's so quiet you can hear the grass grow". That tells me how much he loves that Island. And it sounds very appealing to me as well

  • @timetraveler2518
    @timetraveler2518 4 роки тому +3044

    I visited South Georgia Island, Gough Island, Tristan Da Cunha, St. Helena, Ascension Island, and Madeira from March to May 2011 by the small expedition ship. It was an extraordinary experience for exploring different exotic islands, animals, and people.

    • @alexanderfretheim5720
      @alexanderfretheim5720 4 роки тому +15

      South Georgia Island might be extremely important in the future. As a relatively large island (with good anchorages for ships) 800 miles from the nearest inhabited place and 2500 miles from the nearest substantially inhabited place, it's the best spot in the world to launch one of these: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Orion_(nuclear_propulsion) It could well be Earth's primary spaceport someday!

    • @timetraveler2518
      @timetraveler2518 4 роки тому +88

      @@alexanderfretheim5720 No, We strongly oppose a space launch pad with a nuclear rocket in South Georgia Island. South Georgia Island belongs to the land of arctic beauty and nature. Three reasons:
      1. The only one of the richest fragile arctic animal refuges in the world.
      2. The hostile climate (windy, freezing temperature, and cloudy) and rough sea most of the year.
      3. The economic infeasible (too remote and distant location from the high-density populated cities) and costly import of resources and human-need supplies to the island. There is no airport in South Georgia Island, and they are heavily relying on sea shipping.
      Ascension Island is a perfect location for the nuclear rocket launch pad because of the favorable climate and it is closer to populated areas. It is located near the equator that eases the nuclear rocket launch to propel into space than from the arctic region. It would not jeopardize the safety of nuclear rocket mishap because of the vast empty area of the Atlantic Ocean. Ascension Island is a location in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean and their nearest land is 1200 kilometers (700 miles). The airport is on Ascension Island that helps to sustain the mainstay of the economy. There was the satellite radar station with live television transmission on Ascension Island beaming from Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969.
      Believe me, because I visited all these islands in remote locations of the Atlantic Ocean, and witnessed all these facts of their world and environment.

    • @alexanderfretheim5720
      @alexanderfretheim5720 4 роки тому +14

      @@timetraveler2518 Cool story bro.
      1. In reality, probably won't hurt it that much. Launches will generally be timed for the fallout to fall away from the island rather than falling directly on it (fallout generally follows the wind). Even if by some human error they did time a launch for the wrong weather, fallout is often called "black rain": the tall mountains of South Georgia Island would create a rain shadow effect that would cause the fallout to drop on the near side of the adjoining mountain ridges. There might be some minor increase in incidents of animals getting cancer, but for the most part they would have little baby animals and life would continue. In fact, the Chernobyl Exclusion Area is the best thing that ever happened to the ecology of Northwest Ukraine and Southeast Belarus and has hosted a remarkable return of life to that region.
      1b. Furthermore, the need to control fallout, emp, radiation and other aspects of the nuclear launch would lead to some of the most controlled and regulated development in the history of the world. We would need to be as close to the blast site as possible, while being far away enough to survive ourselves, leading to merry minuet of meticulous planning and knowing where people are at all times. The dangerous nature of the economic activity would have the result of preventing the dangerous excess and general carelessness that are the real anthropogenic causes of environmental harm. Frankly it's probably less dangerous for the environment than the tourists currently haunting South Georgia.
      2. What does that have to do with anything?
      3. Ship will work just fine. It's actually cheaper. Even if you want an airport, airports can be built, and it's a lot easier to acquire an airport than to deal with the possible EMP and other ramifications of a nuclear launch near (and when you're dealing with a-bombs, the definition of "near" is far from conservative) settled human populations.

    • @atuull27
      @atuull27 4 роки тому +3

      👍👍...

    • @stevegiu4232
      @stevegiu4232 3 роки тому +3

      @@timetraveler2518 nah....South Georgia Island is best!!

  • @patrickbush9526
    @patrickbush9526 5 років тому +2672

    This was posted 3 years ago I live on Tristan and had to send this comment by bottle hope I'm not too late

    • @naniwhut169
      @naniwhut169 5 років тому +22

      Wow

    • @naniwhut169
      @naniwhut169 5 років тому +23

      I want to visit your place soon

    • @sansorini2231
      @sansorini2231 5 років тому +13

      are you happy in the island?

    • @Fbg333
      @Fbg333 5 років тому +72

      @@naniwhut169 this is a joke

    • @naniwhut169
      @naniwhut169 5 років тому +4

      @@Fbg333 No it's not🤨

  • @towerclimber7277
    @towerclimber7277 5 років тому +9155

    I bet the gossip here is on an epic level

    • @ontargetmedia4728
      @ontargetmedia4728 5 років тому +268

      Obviously what else can they do. Stick your nose to your neibor

    • @michelleg5371
      @michelleg5371 5 років тому +58

      Gold 👍😂

    • @AA_DZ
      @AA_DZ 5 років тому +206

      Also the cheating !

    • @bennyfea3019
      @bennyfea3019 5 років тому +94

      @@AA_DZ everyone has the clap

    • @Livin4Jesus00
      @Livin4Jesus00 5 років тому +14

      relatively

  • @Appleonaplinth
    @Appleonaplinth 2 місяці тому +16

    This video is an important linguistic resource. Thank you for recording this man's incredibly unique accent!

    • @bradrockl8330
      @bradrockl8330 Місяць тому +3

      Not unique he sounds like a South African, I also spotted a South African beer signia,and the bus they were driving in probably came from South Africa to because the emergency exit notice was written in Afrikaans and English

  • @fern4real733
    @fern4real733 6 років тому +8148

    "There are no locks here" dude trys to open a LOCKED market.

    • @vinayyyyy_
      @vinayyyyy_ 6 років тому +101

      Last Survivor 😂😂

    • @jennycraig99
      @jennycraig99 6 років тому +135

      lol yeah i was thinking the same

    • @Qu33f0
      @Qu33f0 6 років тому +34

      So true

    • @roucoupse
      @roucoupse 6 років тому +131

      Bloody community. Maybe the island is remote, but you can't help but live with the other people in there. They will spit at your face if you are lazy and don't give a hand at their community. You have no choice but to stick to their code of conduct. Not my freedom.

    • @coolwater55
      @coolwater55 6 років тому +305

      roucoupse ?
      Why would any one not want to pull their weight. The only way they can survive is by relying on each other

  • @ampersandtay
    @ampersandtay 3 роки тому +317

    I was almost there in 1955. I was on the mail steamer, the Windsor Castle. It called there once a year. Alas, the sea was stormy so passengers couldn't go ashore. I wasn't too happy at the time.

    • @davidran9317
      @davidran9317 3 роки тому +26

      I born on sept.1956. I wish you all the good health and happiness in this world. Love, respect and prayer🙏 stay safe.

    • @ampersandtay
      @ampersandtay 3 роки тому +26

      @@davidran9317 That is really appreciated, go thee with God.

    • @baberkhan1472
      @baberkhan1472 3 роки тому +14

      May you a long happy life sir. Prayers from Pakistan

    • @willysbakery6878
      @willysbakery6878 3 роки тому +2

      ah shit sir. major bummer that

    • @willysbakery6878
      @willysbakery6878 3 роки тому +3

      go with god sir

  • @lewis3238
    @lewis3238 3 роки тому +732

    Cameraman: "Damn, I forgot the camera bro"
    Narrator: "Fuuuuuuuuuu..."

    • @i_g9854
      @i_g9854 3 роки тому +6

      😂😂😂👍🏻

    • @gkm2928
      @gkm2928 3 роки тому

      Narrator: you're not my bro cuz!

  • @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un
    @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un 2 роки тому +473

    Tristão da Cunha is the name of an actual Portuguese explorer, who was the first to sight this island. Of course, he pulled an Alexander the Great and named it after himself Though he decided not to land there due to the rough seas you see at the beginning. He saw the island as part of his 1506 voyage. The main goal of the voyage was to capture Socotra off of Yemen to close Red Sea trade in Portugal's favor.
    After he saw Tristan, he went to Barawa in what's now southern Somalia, defeated Ajuran Empire troops, and looted the place. Then he went to Socotra and successfully captured it (but due to famine and losing many ships due to no proper harbor, the Portuguese abandoned Socotra in 1511). Finally, he went to India where he participated in the Siege of Cannanore in 1507

    • @KingofGreatNeck
      @KingofGreatNeck 2 роки тому +77

      Never knew the supreme leader knows so much about a tiny British land

    • @utkdimebag
      @utkdimebag Рік тому +18

      @@KingofGreatNeck history and geography were his favorite subjects😄😄😄

    • @johncoomer8672
      @johncoomer8672 Рік тому +37

      thank you supreme leader.

    • @bayloncolima
      @bayloncolima Рік тому +26

      Very well said supreme leader.. tnx for the information

    • @hammedmousavi2297
      @hammedmousavi2297 Рік тому +24

      Thank you your highness for your information. It's such a pleasure meeting you here you almighty.

  • @Jimmy-B-
    @Jimmy-B- 8 років тому +155

    That island must be an astronomers paradise - no light pollution. I would love to see the sky's there

    • @quantumhelium
      @quantumhelium 7 років тому +21

      Looked pretty cloudy/misty.

    • @darenwu8266
      @darenwu8266 7 років тому +2

      That's what I thought at the first glance

  • @optyqus
    @optyqus 2 роки тому +811

    As a kid I was an avid reader of Jules Verne, this was in the '90s, before the internet as we know it today. At some point in one of his novels, I stumbled upon some fascinating description of Tristan da Cunha, I can't remember which novel it was, but for some reason this island name just got stuck in my brain for years. Amazing how just 25 years ago I could only imagine how the island looks by reading Verne's words, and now I can pinpoint the island in Google Earth and see it in incredibile details.

    • @Jordan-xg4pn
      @Jordan-xg4pn 2 роки тому +38

      I think I read the same book as you, it's called the 20,000 leagues under the sea :)

    • @lenkajf7816
      @lenkajf7816 2 роки тому +10

      The Mighty Orinoco gave me that same fascination for southern America

    • @venox314
      @venox314 2 роки тому +1

      neat!

    • @TheGDX24x7
      @TheGDX24x7 2 роки тому

      Captain william len guy

    • @Ont785
      @Ont785 2 роки тому +18

      In Jules Verne's novel In Search of the Castaways, one of the chapters is set on Tristan da Cunha, and a brief history of the island is mentioned
      Wiki, just in case 😉

  • @michaelsalyers5175
    @michaelsalyers5175 8 років тому +4085

    "It's one big family" that's probably literally true.

    • @placebomessiah
      @placebomessiah 8 років тому +34

      lol

    • @frankieglossman5699
      @frankieglossman5699 8 років тому +64

      that made me chuckle

    • @bryansmaximaful
      @bryansmaximaful 7 років тому +46

      Praveen Sharma it's true. your father in law is your uncle too right? lmao

    • @praveensharma9893
      @praveensharma9893 7 років тому +37

      Bryan bitch, I'm Hindu. Unlike you I see all people as part of one big community.

    • @AFCA-vn9bl
      @AFCA-vn9bl 7 років тому +26

      Praveen Sharma Lol don't pretend you aren't a muslim. Even your name is "Shoarma"

  • @ArifBillahOnGoogle
    @ArifBillahOnGoogle 2 роки тому +32

    Videos like this take me to another world. Thank you very much.

  • @okgo8315
    @okgo8315 3 роки тому +355

    The 1961 volcano was big news in the UK.
    I played the accordion as a kid in a concert to cheer up the inhabitants brought over to the uk..... a memorable occasion. Bless them.👍🇬🇧

    • @secretlifeofa1926
      @secretlifeofa1926 2 роки тому +4

      🙏🏼

    • @SwampDweller67
      @SwampDweller67 2 роки тому +2

      lol

    • @oobenoob
      @oobenoob 2 роки тому +2

      You must be ancient. In fact as your comment is a year old there is a good chance I should be saying Rest In Peace.

    • @Ckwisall
      @Ckwisall 2 роки тому +21

      @@oobenoob sounds like this person is in their 60s... What age do you hope to live until ? Do you have any family that are older ? You sound very cruel for no reason, what happened to you?

    • @adrianrose7703
      @adrianrose7703 Рік тому +10

      I remember it well as an adult and believe I’m still alive.

  • @donaldfrancissays4911
    @donaldfrancissays4911 4 роки тому +207

    "So quiet you can hear the grass grow" I love it.

  • @regerregershow6994
    @regerregershow6994 5 років тому +1573

    An island with polite, quiet people. This has to be preserved

    • @utkarshg.bharti9714
      @utkarshg.bharti9714 5 років тому +53

      Tell that to the volcano..

    • @Maluhia808
      @Maluhia808 5 років тому +43

      Volcano: Allow me to introduce myself

    • @sjunaz
      @sjunaz 5 років тому +121

      Yep, no diversity here. Lucky people.

    • @anfinnb.8425
      @anfinnb.8425 5 років тому +22

      @Ben Jefferson The Tristanians’ originating from many different *European* nations hardly disproves the notion that ethnic diversity would cause problems. Most of the groups that contributed to their ancestry belong to one race - the Europoid one, as is evident from the islanders’ looks - and they nowadays form one ethnicity, at least when it comes to their social structure.

    • @awildtomappeared5925
      @awildtomappeared5925 5 років тому +31

      but how many muslims do they have? at the current rate, the uk population will be majority muslim by 2067 and we will probably become an islamic state, do you really think they are not fortunate to not have this problem? although if this does happen, they will want to get independence first or it could become their problem too.

  • @userunknownx
    @userunknownx 2 роки тому +247

    This is a beautiful example of communal living and brotherhood. No one fighting over who has the best potato patch and if someone's garden fails, I bet they don't go hungry.

    • @nondescript2892
      @nondescript2892 11 місяців тому +13

      as any british crime drama will tell you : that's where all the creepiest murders happen 😂

    • @havanasyndrome3024
      @havanasyndrome3024 10 місяців тому +16

      Lol. Naive to think there is no drama. People create drama everywhere over everything..

    • @JRLOC
      @JRLOC 9 місяців тому +1

      How do you know?

    • @shadowside8433
      @shadowside8433 7 місяців тому

      @@nondescript2892 You just have to watch The Wicker Man to realise that!

    • @ceticamente
      @ceticamente 2 місяці тому +5

      @@nondescript2892 Right? In a group of 200 ppl, big chances to be a psycopath among them.
      The thing is, because its a small and closed environment, ppl will know that you won't get away for too long if you start commiting crimes. It will be very easy to track down the wrongdoers.

  • @CS-yq8hp
    @CS-yq8hp 3 роки тому +524

    “There’s no locks at all”
    5 seconds earlier jiggling the locked lock of the supermarket. Lol

    • @lalillith86
      @lalillith86 3 роки тому +7

      Hahahahahaha

    • @ashleywhiteside1008
      @ashleywhiteside1008 3 роки тому +13

      Lol! I came here to say that too. Kind of makes it hard to take anything he says serious from then on.

    • @jer6162
      @jer6162 3 роки тому +15

      You people are so stupid. The way to tell if store is closed they lock the doors. It's not from thieving like you are use to.

    • @CS-yq8hp
      @CS-yq8hp 3 роки тому +6

      @@jer6162 oh cuz a sign that say “closed” isn’t good enough? Lol

  • @brcleaningcompany2566
    @brcleaningcompany2566 3 роки тому +737

    Man if that guy has lived there his whole life he’s probably only spoken to and met like 500-600 people in his whole life if that,

    • @tr-gp5sr
      @tr-gp5sr 3 роки тому +61

      @@eyerolling i met 500 people in One day dude.thats normal

    • @rafasounds-qi5rm
      @rafasounds-qi5rm 3 роки тому +38

      @@tr-gp5sr That to me is the definition of nightmare. 500 butts speaking their farts, no thanks

    • @coreyw7672
      @coreyw7672 3 роки тому +8

      @@eyerolling are you stupid?

    • @dasgoood2811
      @dasgoood2811 3 роки тому +20

      A person on earth knows an average of 800 people in his life.

    • @michaelc8756
      @michaelc8756 3 роки тому +1

      The dream

  • @murphman7448
    @murphman7448 3 роки тому +1128

    “… and we absolutely forbid politicians of any sort..”

    • @ytempruawtb3071
      @ytempruawtb3071 3 роки тому +97

      Heaven if I’ve ever seen it

    • @tobiishmail3436
      @tobiishmail3436 3 роки тому +45

      Heaven on earth

    • @slabbusterrtr7690
      @slabbusterrtr7690 3 роки тому +30

      If one step foot on the island they get blasted

    • @matheusamorim1929
      @matheusamorim1929 3 роки тому +43

      Guess why they look so happy and fulfilled. Modern politics are predicated on division and hatred of the "other".

    • @jaygill5582
      @jaygill5582 3 роки тому +6

      Grab'em by the p***y

  • @robote7679
    @robote7679 Рік тому +5

    Fascinating. Never even heard of the place before this interesting video. Thanks.

  • @eoindowling3889
    @eoindowling3889 5 років тому +401

    Would have been hilarious if when the old man said in the interview, " We don't lock a door, there are no locks". And yer man followed it up by saying, "I just tried to get into the supermarket 11 minutes ago and the door was locked".

    • @kendallevans4079
      @kendallevans4079 5 років тому +71

      Then he could reply.."..that's because we knew you were coming.."!

    • @irafellafrompeakyblinders4782
      @irafellafrompeakyblinders4782 5 років тому +3

      Eoin Dowling You’re definitely Irish haha

    • @baddgoat85
      @baddgoat85 5 років тому +6

      I'm pretty sure he meant in general. Of course a store with paid goods is going to be locked when no one is there. C'mon now

    • @nathanhoward45
      @nathanhoward45 5 років тому +1

      Fuck you ol man your lying! Why doesn't he ask how they get laid?

    • @leonperry123
      @leonperry123 5 років тому

      😄😄😄🤣😂🤣

  • @MetalFan10101
    @MetalFan10101 4 роки тому +2635

    The dating game is rough over here

    • @DoctorBabby
      @DoctorBabby 4 роки тому +215

      And imagine what it's like to date in this island when you're gay/lesbian

    • @sebasbandera
      @sebasbandera 4 роки тому +513

      @@DoctorBabby there’s no such thing as being gay or lesbian in this island since people are required to reproduce

    • @LandoMercy
      @LandoMercy 4 роки тому +242

      @@DoctorBabby I feel like the majority of kids wanna get tf off the island especially since they have internet there so they know what the rest of the world has to offer

    • @LandoMercy
      @LandoMercy 4 роки тому +62

      @@sebasbandera 2:01 Why are you lying lmao

    • @sebasbandera
      @sebasbandera 4 роки тому +7

      @@LandoMercy ohhh my bad i thought this was about some other island you right

  • @zirzmokealot4600
    @zirzmokealot4600 3 роки тому +780

    Well everyone there looks well fed. Maybe that's why the only lock in the whole town is on the supermarket.

    • @rikardobrate
      @rikardobrate 3 роки тому +9

      So people only steal food or what? I don't understand

    • @zirzmokealot4600
      @zirzmokealot4600 3 роки тому +44

      @@rikardobrate that was the joke.....since the guy mentioned no locks and there was clearly a lock on the supermarket.

    • @rikardobrate
      @rikardobrate 3 роки тому

      @@zirzmokealot4600 clear

    • @zirzmokealot4600
      @zirzmokealot4600 3 роки тому +3

      @@rikardobrate clear clearly clearest clearerererer

    • @sayunasoulmesseng839
      @sayunasoulmesseng839 3 роки тому +2

      @@rikardobrate lol

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican 2 роки тому +158

    Another British Overseas Territory with a similar volcano situation is Montserrat in the Caribbean. If you ever listened to Boney M, one of the three girls in the group, Maizie, is from there. While the islanders on Tristan nearly lost their main settlement to a volcano, that was unfortunately not the case for Montserrat when it came to their capital Plymouth...Plymouth became buried in volcanic ash as a result of eruptions in the late 90s from its active volcano Soufrière Hills.
    Two-thirds of the island left because of the eruptions (fewer than 1,200 chose to stay on Montserrat in 1997; currently there are over 4.6K) who were evacuated to Antigua and then to Great Britain. Until a new capital is completed, Plymouth has remained the de jure capital, making it the only ghost town capital of a political territory. Half of the island is an exclusion zone where no one's allowed to live nor visit the volcano unless you're a scientist. Though some excursions get permission from police to walk around Plymouth. You can also book a helicopter tour from Antigua where you can see abandoned Plymouth from above and the destruction of the whole southern side of the island.

    • @notgadot
      @notgadot Рік тому +3

      Thanks for the info. My husband was born in Plymouth England

    • @merrillgeorge1838
      @merrillgeorge1838 Рік тому +4

      holy shit havent seen you in ages

    • @SammySam316
      @SammySam316 Рік тому +3

      They evacuated throughout the Caribbean. Many came to St Lucia. Some have since returned to rebuild their lives in Monsterrat.

    • @mannos24
      @mannos24 Рік тому

      Great Information, thank you!

  • @janevarey9031
    @janevarey9031 7 років тому +247

    I lived on a remote-ish scottish island for 10 months. i loved it. i miss it so much. You cannot beat the community spirit of an island. it had people from all walks of life, from rich to poor. I never felt alone, or bored. i felt like I was with an extended family. I would go back in a heartbeat , if I could afford to.

    • @princevladimirjoseph1555
      @princevladimirjoseph1555 6 років тому +6

      In which island did you live? And can you give a bit informations about that island? Population etc. I'm just asking because of I'm curious about the remote islands.

    • @caitgems1
      @caitgems1 6 років тому +1

      Well I live in Scotland 😂 born here free

    • @chatteyj
      @chatteyj 6 років тому +1

      kelly fallbrook
      I can see the appeal in some respects however the lack of new people and the night life must be extremely dull, although I guess you could go to the mainland if you wanted to.

    • @TimmysFavs
      @TimmysFavs 6 років тому

      You said it, great comment!👍

    • @Aidankiwi
      @Aidankiwi 3 роки тому +4

      @@princevladimirjoseph1555 Try the Isle of Foula the westernmost of the Shetland Isles, population 30.

  • @NightRider530
    @NightRider530 4 роки тому +719

    Yes, we call each other brothers and sisters. There's a good and logical reason for that!

    • @ubiquitousdiabolus
      @ubiquitousdiabolus 4 роки тому +77

      They have to go overseas to find a spouse. Nowadays, they probably order one on Amazon Prime.

    • @bp7792
      @bp7792 4 роки тому +7

      Muahhaha

    • @elbertderf803
      @elbertderf803 4 роки тому

      ha ha ha ha good one

    • @Dwightstjohn-fo8ki
      @Dwightstjohn-fo8ki 4 роки тому +9

      @unknown user No, that's Pitcairn Island, and it didn't end well.

    • @seymourbutts9085
      @seymourbutts9085 3 роки тому +3

      Are you your own grandpa ?

  • @abhy301
    @abhy301 3 роки тому +1011

    I see this video occasionally. When I first came to know about Tristan da Cunha years ago, I searched on UA-cam for everything related to it. I always dream of living in a far-off place like this. the tranquility, peacefulness and no rat race is the purest form of acceptance one can embrace on life. So happy for them.

    • @deicidal88
      @deicidal88 3 роки тому +89

      and no diversity

    • @abhy301
      @abhy301 3 роки тому +9

      @@deicidal88 🤣🤪

    • @G_Rizzly
      @G_Rizzly 3 роки тому +23

      Except for when the volcano erupts

    • @randymillhouse791
      @randymillhouse791 3 роки тому +49

      @@deicidal88 Plenty of diversity. At over 6,500 feet in elevation there are multiple climate zones where many diverse plants and animals thrive. Colombia is the most diverse in my opinion.

    • @musikkritik6316
      @musikkritik6316 3 роки тому +87

      @@randymillhouse791 That's not what he referred to mate..

  • @yusopmohamad9284
    @yusopmohamad9284 Місяць тому

    So far this is the best and informative docufilm bout Tristan da Cunha.

  • @HistoryBro100
    @HistoryBro100 3 роки тому +1595

    It's a pure island for nature and also for mind.

    • @alexwonner7469
      @alexwonner7469 3 роки тому +20

      Yes you are right. But people work hard. Milking the cows early in the morning, going to the potatoe patches and planting vegetables, , fixing roads, repairing roofs, fishing, cooking, ... Here people never retire. They work as long as they are able to.

    • @ffarrialove
      @ffarrialove 3 роки тому +36

      At 5:54 there's a confederate flag on his coffee table . So yes it may be beautiful for some but not all .

    • @macka5515
      @macka5515 3 роки тому +34

      @@ffarrialove get a grip!

    • @insectbite1714
      @insectbite1714 3 роки тому +9

      @@macka5515 racist reply detected. Also why did u like your own reply?

    • @checkwhen
      @checkwhen 3 роки тому +5

      世上最遙遠的島發現歷史哥

  • @shanehaney2121
    @shanehaney2121 5 років тому +370

    "I make the best boots in Tristan!"
    "You are the only boot-man in Tristan, right?"
    "Yes!"

    • @unapologeticallyme8513
      @unapologeticallyme8513 5 років тому +4

      I bet he got the job from being the best in the town ;) lol

    • @vpls6237
      @vpls6237 5 років тому +3

      Still being the best

    • @LordRalh3
      @LordRalh3 4 роки тому +4

      Sadly he makes the absolute worst boots in Tristan

    • @arcang2102
      @arcang2102 3 роки тому

      @@LordRalh3 So what,they're still the best Boots, becaus there's no other Cobblers to compare to!

    • @LordRalh3
      @LordRalh3 3 роки тому

      @@arcang2102 They are still the worst boots on the island, even another year later

  • @MarcusSchott
    @MarcusSchott 5 років тому +829

    I love how they brush over 3 weeks at sea. Lol that must have been brutal

    • @dk6173
      @dk6173 4 роки тому +7

      Exactly. There's no way to take a plane?

    • @genkai7278
      @genkai7278 4 роки тому +64

      @@dk6173 The island doesn't have an airstrip.

    • @rustyshackleford7929
      @rustyshackleford7929 4 роки тому +9

      Kris Kringleberg, M.D. they have a lot of planes that start on the water actually! But I bet they just didn’t have a plane and there was already a boat going or something

    • @survivortechharold6575
      @survivortechharold6575 4 роки тому +7

      They didn't have to take a sail boat.

    • @ferdinandtugano
      @ferdinandtugano 4 роки тому +24

      Plane will be too expensive to operate. The population of only 270 can not support it.

  • @raymorley8241
    @raymorley8241 2 роки тому +4

    Amazing place. Thanks for posting.

  • @DailyJam
    @DailyJam 3 роки тому +908

    They say that on Tristan Da Cunha, there is no way of correctly levelling your audio.

    • @ArjunAjith
      @ArjunAjith 3 роки тому +13

      hahaha good one

    • @pjh2331
      @pjh2331 3 роки тому +6

      Brilliant

    • @dyhockane7506
      @dyhockane7506 3 роки тому +11

      Especially in their houses

    • @asierrey5666
      @asierrey5666 3 роки тому +4

      I don't get it can you explain please

    • @ArjunAjith
      @ArjunAjith 3 роки тому +53

      @@asierrey5666 the loudness throughout the video is not equalised. Some parts are audible while some are just too low.

  • @levibarros149
    @levibarros149 8 років тому +684

    "It's so quiet you can hear the grass growing." HAHAHA!! LOL That's a good one! :'D

    • @Alex-hv5zy
      @Alex-hv5zy 8 років тому +16

      and an old one

    • @levibarros149
      @levibarros149 8 років тому +6

      Alexander Dumas I'm from the city. Forgive me.

    • @levibarros149
      @levibarros149 8 років тому +4

      Kim Hu Sorry, mate. My IQ is in Canada.

    • @graafixzgaming6652
      @graafixzgaming6652 8 років тому +1

      quiet, no I couldn't stay here everyone would hear me if I was doing this 4:58 I'm very loud when I do it.

    • @levibarros149
      @levibarros149 8 років тому +2

      GraafixzGaming like this facebook page facebook.com/Mordor-is-a-dump-1140915299356639/

  • @LUCKYNEGRA13
    @LUCKYNEGRA13 3 роки тому +207

    The elder man speaks so gently. This island seems like a dream come true. I would love to go live there with my family. We hate the city noise. This island is heaven on earth. Beautiful

    • @scottscottsdale7868
      @scottscottsdale7868 3 роки тому +82

      I wonder why there is a Confederate Battle Flag by his side? Hhhmmm

    • @LUCKYNEGRA13
      @LUCKYNEGRA13 3 роки тому +5

      @@scottscottsdale7868 oh shoot. Did not notiic that🙊🙊😱

    • @ahmdo8485
      @ahmdo8485 3 роки тому +36

      Doesn’t look like they would welcome “different” people to their community.

    • @georgescaggs9165
      @georgescaggs9165 3 роки тому +6

      @@ahmdo8485 what do you mean by “differently”? If you think that comment isn’t racist You may be a leftist.

    • @1024dram
      @1024dram 3 роки тому

      Yea all your people do is reproduce and move to every country on earth.

  • @NikolaiSA2
    @NikolaiSA2 26 днів тому +1

    Watching this on a random Sunday morning is giving such good British day TV vibes

  • @ShortMan_123
    @ShortMan_123 4 роки тому +76

    That old guy had an amazing, unique accent! I love it

    • @triarb5790
      @triarb5790 3 роки тому +8

      @Insert Name Here Australian? I've never heard any Australian talk like that !!
      He had more of a mix of old accents from England. Some words he said the old Midlands way, some west country, some Kentish. You could hear the sailors and settlers in him. An accent unique to the island I'd say.

    • @slavek033
      @slavek033 3 роки тому

      @Insert Name Here and bit kiwi when I hear words with strong"E"

    • @rafasounds-qi5rm
      @rafasounds-qi5rm 3 роки тому +3

      Sounded like someone from the 19th century

  • @富岡忠宏
    @富岡忠宏 4 роки тому +364

    I grew up in a small village in rural Germany with about 120 ppl. Until the late nineties practically no one had their doors locked. Some doors didn't even have locks. 🔐

    • @ryangardner6804
      @ryangardner6804 4 роки тому +9

      didn't ask my guy

    • @eliesbelaabidia1672
      @eliesbelaabidia1672 4 роки тому +55

      I grew up in Morocco with 35 other million people. and there still some places in there where houses are not locked and you are always invited and welcomed . it’s not about the number of population but the ethics .

    • @Mr91495osh
      @Mr91495osh 4 роки тому +9

      I grew up in Coconut Grove in the fifties, we didn’t even have locks on our doors! My grandparents live nearby and didn’t either.

    • @bernieweber4663
      @bernieweber4663 4 роки тому +1

      We never locked our doors and even went on vacation and forgot to close the front door. lol.

    • @Mr91495osh
      @Mr91495osh 4 роки тому +9

      @@bernieweber4663 I grew up in Coconut Grove, Florida in the fifties. We never had locks on our doors. Never locked our cars and left our boats at the public dock. Not once did we have a theft.

  • @dmurphy303
    @dmurphy303 3 роки тому +82

    How serene and beautiful. Never heard of Tristan Island, thank you for enlightening me.

    • @JB-sg7rb
      @JB-sg7rb 3 роки тому +4

      Was discovered by the portuguese and robed by the british.

    • @willysbakery6878
      @willysbakery6878 3 роки тому +1

      i woulda shat meself if i thought pompeii was goin down .

  • @IamAnik7
    @IamAnik7 Місяць тому +2

    7:06 Calmness and peace ,two things I need in my life

  • @riaslabbert9573
    @riaslabbert9573 6 років тому +406

    Wow!! I can remember my father brougt home people from the island ~ must've been with the eruption? We stayed in Tiervlei close to Cape Town and I was a young girl. I am now 69years old.

    • @doptimist
      @doptimist 6 років тому +13

      Ria Slabbert your father brought people from the Island back to Cape Town? It’s such a long trip, three weeks!

    • @leonmcclusky8180
      @leonmcclusky8180 6 років тому +33

      Ria, I thought I was the only person in the world who knows about Tiervlei. I lived there as a young boy in the late '60's . I cannot remember the road's name but it ended with "singel " Where did you live?

    • @riaslabbert9573
      @riaslabbert9573 6 років тому +18

      @@leonmcclusky8180 Ja! Jammer/Sorry. Its not Tiervlei anymore.
      We stayed in De Villiers street ~ in the same street as the NG. Moedergemeente.*

    • @leonmcclusky8180
      @leonmcclusky8180 6 років тому +16

      Hi Ria, Ja, the name Tiervlei ceased to exist a very long time ago. Neither street name nor church rings a bell with me. This is all a very long time ago. I'm now a 56 year old man, and I'm talking about the years as a 6-8 year old boy. All I remember is that our road was parallel to the big double carriage way (forgot this road's name) that goes right down through Ravensmead all they way into Voortreker rd in Parow. In those days there was a Simba Chps factory somewhere along this long road more towards Belhar side. I know the factory was not too far from where we lived. So how far was De Villiers rd from the Simba Chips factory ?

    • @burymedeep-be7dm
      @burymedeep-be7dm 6 років тому +16

      I wish I lived in places like all of you. Im stuck in a fat cesspool called the US.

  • @edencharles5250
    @edencharles5250 3 роки тому +109

    What a beautiful place ,reminds me of a tiny Caribbean island I emigrated to from England as a child. Everyone shared whatever they had , even help you with your housework, celebrated with you and always there for you in a crisis.

    • @diamondtv521
      @diamondtv521 Рік тому +1

      Which island is that? I’m from the Caribbean so we’ll so im curious

    • @andylavia7711
      @andylavia7711 Рік тому +7

      Montserrat 🇲🇸

    • @diamondtv521
      @diamondtv521 Рік тому +3

      @@TheDogGoesWoof69 lol you do kinda sound racist, she said when she was a child. It is implied she is talking about the past. People from the Caribbean can understand the context. My parents told me when they were growing up ( years ago) nobody locked their doors -it was peaceful and everyone knew everyone. Yes we know that times have changed now but there’s no need to be negative

    • @C_CZ2
      @C_CZ2 Рік тому

      ​@@TheDogGoesWoof69you have not even travelled it shows...

    • @rachkate76
      @rachkate76 Рік тому

      Were you ever there for them?
      Or just take, take, take?

  • @ibrahimlhotse6351
    @ibrahimlhotse6351 6 років тому +2837

    every introverts dream

    • @edwin8139
      @edwin8139 6 років тому +266

      No dude. Everyone socialize here

    • @Stingra87
      @Stingra87 6 років тому +96

      That would be Pitcairn Island, where there's only fifty people on the entire island and it's three thousand miles from both New Zealand and South America. This island looks like New York City in comparison to Pitcairn.

    • @daau9900
      @daau9900 6 років тому +2

      👍🏻

    • @brentbeatty4171
      @brentbeatty4171 6 років тому +11

      I like this place. I am a steelworker currently.

    • @anyu
      @anyu 6 років тому +94

      As a fellow introvert I say cities are better. In a place like this everyone relies on each other for entertainment. It's my top wishlist destination, but I wouldn't want to live there.

  • @ianrundle5862
    @ianrundle5862 Рік тому +13

    I stopped over in Tristan de Cuhna in 1976 whilst sailing back from South America to South Africa

  • @PraetorianJinx
    @PraetorianJinx 5 років тому +1318

    Only a matter of time before those Instagrammers invade this island

    • @pnaixe
      @pnaixe 5 років тому +132

      those mfs are entitled enough that they would die on the journey lol, I doubt they would last 18 fucking days of sailing
      there are no airports there

    • @DChappelle27
      @DChappelle27 5 років тому +121

      It's extremely hard to visit this island. You have to apply, and the counsel grants you permission to come. Then it's a ridiculously long sea voyage to get to it.
      They don't want it turning into a tourist destination, and it probably never will.

    • @netweed09
      @netweed09 5 років тому +26

      @@DChappelle27 It doesn't even have a beach and actually; nothing exotic at all. Not even a Chocolate tree.
      Most boring place ever, and stupidly dangerous - I was warming to it at the start of the vid thinking the volcano was extinct and had all those cool cave networks and wildlife spreading going on. Nope!! The highlight if any normal resident went over there for any reason would be their mobile device xDD

    • @emilegriffith1473
      @emilegriffith1473 5 років тому +9

      Ok boomer

    • @roannalloyd7288
      @roannalloyd7288 5 років тому +10

      Some of these comments 🤣 there are two airports and thousands of beaches. Most mines have now been cleared. Please read facts before commenting.

  • @IcemanJuice
    @IcemanJuice 4 роки тому +2420

    The safest place in the world from Covid-19 (coronavirus).

    • @MTCycling
      @MTCycling 4 роки тому +295

      BIG FACTS. I bet these people have no idea that there's a virus outbreak happening lol

    • @crystalc1ear
      @crystalc1ear 4 роки тому +159

      "Fun" Fact,
      In 1972 the arrival of the Tristania (ship) brought with it the H3N2 influenza virus, which resulted in an explosive outbreak that attacked a whopping 96% of the population.

    • @erinquinn215
      @erinquinn215 4 роки тому +84

      I'm sure China can be relied on to screw up so badly the virus even reaches TDC

    • @williamfulgham2010
      @williamfulgham2010 4 роки тому +21

      @Katarina G how very true, and they have a large population of ham radio operators who communicate all over the world. The citizens of Tristan de Cunha have come a long way in a few decades. Their educational system is up to date.

    • @enclave2k1
      @enclave2k1 4 роки тому +7

      @@crystalc1ear Lol - it's always hilarious when historical facts dash _"obvious solutions"_ to current problems.

  • @animalmasti4991
    @animalmasti4991 5 років тому +461

    Amazon be like guaranteed one decade delivery 😂

  • @GonnaRunAmuck
    @GonnaRunAmuck 2 роки тому +152

    3:29 "We don't lock a door". The grocery store is locked.

    • @bossmonl.a2035
      @bossmonl.a2035 10 місяців тому

      😂

    • @kemal.mapping
      @kemal.mapping 10 місяців тому +3

      Bruh 😂

    • @33R3X
      @33R3X 10 місяців тому +20

      Because they knew a visitor is coming to the island.
      Just a precaution 😌

    • @grantkastel2757
      @grantkastel2757 9 місяців тому +7

      see if you notice anything at 2:47

    • @GonnaRunAmuck
      @GonnaRunAmuck 9 місяців тому

      @@grantkastel2757 confederate flag

  • @tamaraweber3296
    @tamaraweber3296 7 років тому +848

    Wow, fresh air, fresh food. No crime. I can very happily live here. 💜❤🤓

    • @Alanis95br
      @Alanis95br 7 років тому +86

      Stupid boi lel
      How the fuck the world's most remote inhabited island would have natives?

    • @dereenaldoambun9158
      @dereenaldoambun9158 7 років тому +9

      Cinnamon Starr
      It's inhabitant,FUCKASS!!!

    • @xyg6543
      @xyg6543 7 років тому +16

      Epic FAIL cinnamon star.

    • @adrianwilliams6908
      @adrianwilliams6908 7 років тому +10

      Cinnamon Starr Cretin. It was uninhabited

    • @philmurphy8890
      @philmurphy8890 7 років тому +4

      Except for all the child rapists. Read up on the horrible current history here

  • @Ann65.
    @Ann65. 3 роки тому +61

    I remember, as a little girl learning about Tristan da Cunha. When the volcano erupted it made very big news in the UK. I would have liked to visit… only 270 inhabitants!

    • @ianrobson9601
      @ianrobson9601 3 роки тому +6

      Well, I`m 58yrs old now and I also remember learning all about Tristan da Cunha at school. Think they would definitely benefit from Permaculture farming techniques and yes I`d love to visit as well

    • @Ann65.
      @Ann65. 3 роки тому +2

      @@ianrobson9601 I wonder how much has changed to those ‘olden days’ Ian.

  • @forerunner7
    @forerunner7 7 років тому +151

    Could you imagine the quality food and veggies they grow in that rich black soil?

    • @carolkenyawan2938
      @carolkenyawan2938 6 років тому +1

      Lizziegirlnyc yes, gmo ofcouse

    • @-Vitalis-
      @-Vitalis- 6 років тому +7

      Too bad you can't find the same quality in women.

    • @riotagus
      @riotagus 6 років тому

      Lizziegirlnyc
      ON THAT RICH BLACK SOIL, YOU COULD GROW RICH BLACK POTATOES!

    • @felix-dk9tr
      @felix-dk9tr 6 років тому +1

      Potato with potato, nice

    • @farshimelt
      @farshimelt 4 роки тому +1

      @@-Vitalis- You can if you raise them in rich black soil.

  • @menrbuiltnotborn6241
    @menrbuiltnotborn6241 Рік тому +5

    I’ll bet being there in person , the raw beauty of nature and the isolation is incredible 😮

  • @frbmp5100
    @frbmp5100 5 років тому +1558

    Not even Queen Elizabeth remembers they own this island

    • @roannalloyd7288
      @roannalloyd7288 5 років тому +83

      The Queen absolutely does. She often writes to the government of the Island's. Prince Charles, Prince Andrew and Princess Anne have all visited the Island's, Prince Andrew served in the Falkland's War.

    • @angeldelaverdad3122
      @angeldelaverdad3122 5 років тому +27

      @@roannalloyd7288 I can't see a developt island there, I just see poverty and abandon from Queen Elizabeth. She must give dignity live to that population as a bless.

    • @theportraitrealityshow6629
      @theportraitrealityshow6629 4 роки тому +2

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @benajminpadilla6360
      @benajminpadilla6360 4 роки тому +3

      @@iMonsieurAnthony You pig troll!!! Enjoy the documentary and keep garbage talk out of it.

    • @UnchainedMelodie92
      @UnchainedMelodie92 4 роки тому +52

      @@angeldelaverdad3122 Lol poverty? It doesn't look like it's in poverty at all. Just a small island with modest living and modest people. You're definitely no Angel of truth.

  • @WeTravelOnlyByNightAsItsSoHot
    @WeTravelOnlyByNightAsItsSoHot 7 років тому +291

    Imagine the Stars at Night Here. The View must be staggering.

    • @Toastmaster_5000
      @Toastmaster_5000 6 років тому +13

      That's a good point - actually kind of gets me to wonder why there aren't any astronomers or large telescopes on the island (at least to my knowledge there aren't any)

    • @surekhasarfare7559
      @surekhasarfare7559 6 років тому +4

      For this reason.. the stars.. I would love to stay here.

    • @TicTac2
      @TicTac2 5 років тому +5

      @@BenevolentPasserby and no airport.

    • @MilosRadulovic
      @MilosRadulovic 4 роки тому +1

      Peter Schmidt for telescopes you more than just altitude, it is a combination of dry and clear days, like in Atacama desert plus altitude

    • @רביאחר
      @רביאחר 4 роки тому

      Peter Schmidt would spend millions to build a telescope on a active vulcano island? Besides, the weather is shit. You can’t see stars

  • @sbyco
    @sbyco 3 роки тому +19

    The man he interviewed seems like such a gentle lovely soul.

    • @lilahg6319
      @lilahg6319 3 роки тому +6

      5:54 look at his table

    • @lilahg6319
      @lilahg6319 3 роки тому +3

      @@andreivolkov1237 the flag in front of it....

    • @nafoo33
      @nafoo33 3 роки тому +2

      @Latinos will take over the USA why are you so triggered lmao

    • @nafoo33
      @nafoo33 3 роки тому

      @Latinos will take over the USA nope really cant say I give a shit. it's just a bit sad lol

  • @sharonletts88
    @sharonletts88 Рік тому +1

    Beautifully done, thank you 🙏

  • @duplicitouskendoll9402
    @duplicitouskendoll9402 3 роки тому +2228

    Volcano aside, this is where you want to be during the apocalypse. Fertile ground, plentiful fishing, well away from all the BS.

    • @tomcallaghan3682
      @tomcallaghan3682 3 роки тому +10

      They’ll be fucked when sea levels rise though

    • @dbtalahuonyommusic7067
      @dbtalahuonyommusic7067 3 роки тому +60

      @@tomcallaghan3682 it has a high peak, so they’ll just be pushed further and further up the mountain

    • @zinny999
      @zinny999 3 роки тому +16

      @@dbtalahuonyommusic7067 closer to where the Lava flow.

    • @dbtalahuonyommusic7067
      @dbtalahuonyommusic7067 3 роки тому +10

      @@zinny999 just hope it don’t blow

    • @cwstewartjr1973
      @cwstewartjr1973 3 роки тому +12

      @@tomcallaghan3682 keep believing that sea levels would rise. Do you really think that Obama would have invested in 10s of millions of dollars for his ocean front place on Martha's Vinyard if he actually believes that sea levels will rise?

  • @yvesspierts9049
    @yvesspierts9049 4 роки тому +179

    This island is like the first half hour of a random RPG

  • @freshnorthwest6756
    @freshnorthwest6756 5 років тому +33

    That is a good clean life and i would LOVE to live in a place like that. They are not concerned with all the corruption going on world wide. Those people are people of peace and thats lovely to see.

    • @survivortechharold6575
      @survivortechharold6575 4 роки тому

      Due to the absence of wealth and young people.

    • @farshimelt
      @farshimelt 4 роки тому

      @@survivortechharold6575 The man interviewed mentioned children on the island.

  • @LeahYYC
    @LeahYYC 4 місяці тому

    Thank you for sharing this video ❤ from 🇨🇦

  • @christinenewell2679
    @christinenewell2679 3 роки тому +122

    This was sooo interesting to me as my brother in law was part of the RN evacuation of Tristan in 1961. I remember all the footage of the volcano and the islanders arriving in GB. It was very hard for them so seeing this video was very lovely. I watch with interest the volcanic action in Iceland at this time.

    • @lcbrittain
      @lcbrittain 3 роки тому +4

      I knew who I think was the last governor of Tristan da Cunha, who took the job because he was a passionate ornithologist! He went with his wife, and there was a post and probably supply boat that visited the island every three months. And the islanders spoke a kind of dialect, at first difficult to understand. But the man who spoke here spoke very clearly and softly.

    • @davidpnewton
      @davidpnewton 2 роки тому +1

      That's the thing: the guy he talked to CANNOT have lived there all of his life. Why? The 1961 evacuation. He's older than being born in 1961 and thus he must have been evacuated at that point.

    • @ByronBohte
      @ByronBohte 2 роки тому +8

      ​@@davidpnewton no room for nuance for you eh

  • @al-azimahmed1188
    @al-azimahmed1188 3 роки тому +319

    I wish I could live somewhere like this. What a simple and humble life.

    • @Buddhadan100
      @Buddhadan100 3 роки тому +11

      plus you don't have to worry about covid-19 or other viruses

    • @Buddhadan100
      @Buddhadan100 3 роки тому +3

      or another war

    • @dreed100
      @dreed100 3 роки тому +28

      So why don't you? Not this island but if you are American move to Montana, British Northern parts of Scotland, Italian hundreds of tiny villages in souther parts and so on
      Most countries have hundreds of places like that island

    • @al-azimahmed1188
      @al-azimahmed1188 3 роки тому +11

      @@dreed100 have to much to lose, job, mortage, family not as sime as it sounds my friend. I live in the UK and still in the rat race unfortunately

    • @dreed100
      @dreed100 3 роки тому +13

      @@al-azimahmed1188 so you value your house work over living simple and humble life.
      I myself have an option to move to Tonga and live there. Choose not too. The simple and humble life sounds nice but I want concerts, museums, access to deliveries, Mexican, Japanese, Nigerian,Croatian restaurants whenever i wish.
      Proper healthcare and access to education
      I need modern comforts :)
      And Tonga has reliable internet and proper shops.
      Tristan sounds even worse :)

  • @clayongunzelle9555
    @clayongunzelle9555 8 років тому +78

    i saw an internet café so I'm sold

  • @J_Bard
    @J_Bard 8 років тому +2293

    Theres no locked doors? What about the supermarket that was locked up 😂

    • @sushilangelo
      @sushilangelo 8 років тому +143

      Probably because they knew the host was visiting there and will try to break into the supermarket :D

    • @J_Bard
      @J_Bard 8 років тому +6

      +Max Pan possibly haha but still

    • @eizabeth161W16
      @eizabeth161W16 8 років тому +1

      MrBoatsnhoes69 I

    • @alexk1682
      @alexk1682 8 років тому

      PerthTowne is that sarcasm, wasn't really funny to me

    • @MrKoreanBlack
      @MrKoreanBlack 8 років тому

      MrBoatsnhoes69 That's funny. I just said that, lol!

  • @ImSemtex
    @ImSemtex 8 років тому +4307

    Who else came from How Far Away Can You Get From Everybody Else?

  • @micro_my_blood
    @micro_my_blood 4 роки тому +52

    This island seems like a perfect setting for a Wes Anderson movie!

    • @alexanderfretheim5720
      @alexanderfretheim5720 4 роки тому +1

      This video honestly has the funniest comments I've EVER seen on UA-cam.

    • @Oceansta
      @Oceansta 3 роки тому +1

      LOL!

    • @abhy301
      @abhy301 3 роки тому +1

      Yes! 😊

  • @rich8037
    @rich8037 2 місяці тому

    I find this completely fascinating. I've lived in or near London all my life and honestly can't imagine how life in a community like this must be.

  • @noshortcuttoglory6443
    @noshortcuttoglory6443 5 років тому +27

    3:40 the flute; beautiful.

    • @nada2151
      @nada2151 4 роки тому +1

      Wonder what it's called?

    • @xanderehlers1589
      @xanderehlers1589 4 роки тому +1

      @@nada2151 us.audionetwork.com/browse/m/track/jig-3_33840
      Jig 3 by Kathryn Tickell - found the link in another comment on this thread

    • @xanderehlers1589
      @xanderehlers1589 4 роки тому +1

      us.audionetwork.com/browse/m/track/jig-3_33840
      Jig 3 by Kathryn Tickell - found the link in another comment on this thread

    • @noshortcuttoglory6443
      @noshortcuttoglory6443 4 роки тому +1

      @@xanderehlers1589 Thank you very much. God Bless you.

    • @ananyamehra5481
      @ananyamehra5481 4 роки тому

      @@xanderehlers1589 Thanks for the link

  • @miraggg
    @miraggg 3 роки тому +255

    this is actually so cool and even though we don't live in such remote communities we can learn a lot about their way of life. They are forced to be self-sufficient and not wasteful.. very developped planning skills

    • @Hassan-hr6sx
      @Hassan-hr6sx 3 роки тому +10

      it’s literal communism yet the guy has a confederate flag you can’t make this up

    • @setcheck67
      @setcheck67 2 роки тому +17

      @@Hassan-hr6sx lol working together isn't communism. They have tradesmen and general businesses who are working for themselves. The UK probably forgets these guys even exist half the time, because how much tax money are you going to collect off 240 people in a backwater island?

    • @bckstrm4607
      @bckstrm4607 2 роки тому +3

      You forgot to mention the inbreeding that's taking place their everyone is related

    • @OrbObserver
      @OrbObserver Рік тому

      @@setcheck67 Working together and everyone contributing towards the common good is literally communism, no matter what reactionary feelings you have towards the word you've been propagandized to feel is bad your whole life by your capitalist overlords.

    • @setcheck67
      @setcheck67 Рік тому

      @@OrbObserver I looked up the definition of communism and even the most similar definition simply says "A political ideology of no personal property, where everything belongs to the community".
      The word you're looking for "working together towards the common good" is called Altruism or utilitarianism depending on how selfless you choose to be. With altruism being significantly more extreme than utilitarianism. The difference is communism doesn't account for how hard something is to do. In a world like you think people mining coal underground would only work 4 hours a day with respirators provided for them to detox their lungs, because they're killing themselves doing that job. In communism, every single miner from the age of 70 to 17 is required to work 10 hour shifts 6 days a week in order to be productive enough to benefit the state and earn their equal part of the bread. I'm not even being extreme, that's a real example...

  • @Tuscani2005GT
    @Tuscani2005GT 7 років тому +587

    No locks at all... except the one on the marketplace. 😂

    • @tarundmail
      @tarundmail 7 років тому +22

      And the POLICE van at 1:59 ?

    • @maxsiam5296
      @maxsiam5296 6 років тому +1

      marketplace is for visitors i guess. bcz people live in there, basically a one big family! so they don't need that... its definitely for visitors

    • @shric9548
      @shric9548 5 років тому

      They said no locks to houses and not the market, come-on.

    • @farshimelt
      @farshimelt 4 роки тому

      For the tourists.

  • @matteo.bassini5819
    @matteo.bassini5819 8 років тому +58

    How do they get fuel for the vehicles? Must be extremely expensive to ship a small quantity from the closest source, South Africa.

    • @Hyperfoxeye
      @Hyperfoxeye 8 років тому +1

      Matteo im sure the few ships that pass by would be freighters or other large transports

    • @Nick_nm
      @Nick_nm 8 років тому +2

      Matteo Probably not too many vehicle's either, I've lived on a few bases myself and not too many people used cars except for MP. We used buses for transport.

    • @stevef4010
      @stevef4010 8 років тому +2

      Matteo they should have geothermal. maybe too expensive to set up.

    • @Matthewgriffiths18
      @Matthewgriffiths18 8 років тому +8

      Tony Samson dont tell America about the oil wells they will prob invade

    • @Starlight2097
      @Starlight2097 7 років тому

      Steve F they could never get the money. The UK wouldn’t wanna waste the money on some tiny island

  • @misswk9287
    @misswk9287 3 роки тому +109

    Love this village. It's so peaceful. Imagine living here with all your loved ones

  • @Hogojub
    @Hogojub 7 років тому +435

    Imagine celebrating a birthday party on the island.
    Just invite *everyone*

    • @golfcodeweekly2158
      @golfcodeweekly2158 6 років тому +30

      and no one comes

    • @beastbeast1378
      @beastbeast1378 6 років тому +3

      GOLF CODE WEEKLY 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 jezzz

    • @boahkeinbockmehr
      @boahkeinbockmehr 6 років тому +4

      Invite everyone, but one!

    • @ricebearmusic7124
      @ricebearmusic7124 6 років тому +2

      Absolutely everyone will come, it's different than most of city with big community such as london, new york, tokyo and any other big cities which is everyone is absolutely shite and arsehole

    • @Machinelf
      @Machinelf 6 років тому +2

      You have had more than 200 people at your birthday?

  • @chrisbergonzi7977
    @chrisbergonzi7977 2 роки тому +1

    Very remote...beautiful island and life. I would profer Pitcairn Island is more remote. Thanks...

  • @davidfisher9026
    @davidfisher9026 2 роки тому +14

    What a lovely laid back dude that Islander is. I'm Scottish but, as a Brit, I'm pleased he got a kindly reception in England and speaks well of us.

  • @sarahmartin6127
    @sarahmartin6127 4 роки тому +289

    My Grandfather came from this island!!

    • @jameswalker3416
      @jameswalker3416 4 роки тому +11

      Are you still in contact with anyone from the island?

    • @itsme-sn5gi
      @itsme-sn5gi 4 роки тому +15

      And his ancestors came from Great Britain and Ireland

    • @sarahmartin8676
      @sarahmartin8676 4 роки тому +7

      @@jameswalker3416 no I am not, sadly. I would love to visit one day

    • @sarahmartin8676
      @sarahmartin8676 4 роки тому +2

      @@itsme-sn5gi yes- when I did my ancestry dna that’s where I had the most match was from England

    • @eastbayant7606
      @eastbayant7606 4 роки тому +2

      Are they from Africa?

  • @Biobele
    @Biobele 6 років тому +1385

    More dislikes on this video than inhabitants on that island.

    • @dannyarcher5690
      @dannyarcher5690 6 років тому +35

      Probably all from blacks like you.

    • @esraaalagha6149
      @esraaalagha6149 6 років тому +34

      Black Sun Rising why are u saying that when ur black

    • @dannyarcher5690
      @dannyarcher5690 6 років тому +2

      @@esraaalagha6149 I'm not.

    • @Biobele
      @Biobele 6 років тому +115

      @@dannyarcher5690 lol you have to bring peoples skin colour into everything, thank God I'm not an infertile depressed suicidal school shooting white supremacist else I'd be offended already and go shoot up a school or start a war somewhere in the Arab world to boost my low self esteem. But I understand why you need to attack random people on the Internet so you can feel like a man, you think it'll make your genitalia bigger I'm sorry it won't, I bet you'd be too scared to say that to my face you know I'll easily rag doll you IRL but I'll let you enjoy the only thing that makes you happy your skin. that skin of yours that you so love does nothing for you, it needs uv protection from creams, pills and injections meanwhile I can stay under the sun without problem thanks to my skin colour that you hate. #satanbegone

    • @esraaalagha6149
      @esraaalagha6149 6 років тому +2

      Black Sun Rising ya u are

  • @durtygroove
    @durtygroove Місяць тому

    The confidence he has in the children's safety is priceless. What a great way to live. So pure.

  • @NewfieRC
    @NewfieRC 3 роки тому +192

    Dude spends six weeks on a sail boat to make a 8:00 minute video. Dedication for sure! Great story what a majestic place

    • @RaymondHng
      @RaymondHng 2 роки тому +3

      The video is just an edited product. The actual taping may taken several days of shooting and interviewing.

    • @GoingNorthObv
      @GoingNorthObv 2 роки тому +15

      RaymondHng that's exactly what he said...why the hell did you assume anything else?

    • @RaymondHng
      @RaymondHng 2 роки тому +1

      @@GoingNorthObv He did not mention anything about the time spent on principle photography.

    • @kittyhawk7060
      @kittyhawk7060 2 роки тому +4

      He said 18 days sailing, not 42.

    • @GoingNorthObv
      @GoingNorthObv 2 роки тому +3

      @@RaymondHng It's implied in his whole comment. The whole point of his comment was specifically pointing out what you're not getting.

  • @TheRhino4545
    @TheRhino4545 5 років тому +657

    He says he calls every his “brothers and sisters” that’s cause they probably are.

  • @OrchestrationOnline
    @OrchestrationOnline 8 років тому +464

    There are some little corners of isolated coastal New Zealand that feel like this.

    • @maztuckwell
      @maztuckwell 7 років тому +3

      Yes..... totally next level

    • @bicky2000
      @bicky2000 7 років тому

      Where?

    • @OzGeologyOfficial
      @OzGeologyOfficial 7 років тому +23

      Same with Tasmania. NZ and AUS are the best places in the world.

    • @Angel-xe2tl
      @Angel-xe2tl 7 років тому +1

      Same with Australia. :)

    • @MLichtwardt
      @MLichtwardt 7 років тому +10

      OrchestrationOnline Parts of Maui, where I live, are exactly like this!

  • @thomas.silvano
    @thomas.silvano Рік тому +1

    Very interesting, this place looks amazing, all the sights are amazing, is perfect

    • @VenusEvan_1885
      @VenusEvan_1885 6 місяців тому

      Only for 1 week after that you'll be depressed, it's not easy to live on a remote Island.

  • @SoundMediaVibes
    @SoundMediaVibes 6 років тому +1366

    What's the nightlife like?

    • @michaelbauers8800
      @michaelbauers8800 6 років тому +582

      Quiet, I suspect. Their night skies must be amazing with so little light pollution

    • @ahpadt
      @ahpadt 6 років тому +161

      Lit.

    • @sfmar3591
      @sfmar3591 6 років тому +114

      Everybody dance all night. Every house is a disco club. Mostly of them listen a state of trance, vocal trance. And u have a reserve a table in a club 🤣🤣🤣

    • @tonygutierrez5578
      @tonygutierrez5578 6 років тому +5

      Sound Media NOTHING.

    • @risasb
      @risasb 6 років тому +46

      Pour a bit of potato beer and put ya feet up.

  • @joshuapatrick682
    @joshuapatrick682 3 роки тому +27

    Amazing night skies…air quality as pure as a breeze off the ocean. I’m starting to understand the appeal of a place like this.

  • @tmckmusic8584
    @tmckmusic8584 3 роки тому +481

    "We don't lock our doors, no locks at all." Cue: video of presenter trying to open the door of the food Market, with a deadbolt. 😂

    • @marygracetubban2140
      @marygracetubban2140 3 роки тому +14

      Houses has no lock not the super market idiot

    • @realistofdistances
      @realistofdistances 3 роки тому +60

      @@marygracetubban2140 The point is that they trust each other not to steal. A lock on the supermarket suggest otherwise. How is it any different for a store than a home? Very rude of you to call a stranger an idiot, for making a simple, sensible point, which you failed to grasp.

    • @greengreensio
      @greengreensio 3 роки тому +2

      @@realistofdistances are you dumb?? Think to your self why do they lock a supermarket. Some people are just born stupid

    • @lilkwizbeats9343
      @lilkwizbeats9343 3 роки тому

      @@greengreensio Right

    • @tradingview7891
      @tradingview7891 3 роки тому +1

      Hi

  • @Suntreecity
    @Suntreecity Місяць тому

    I wish if I can visit these beautiful people and islands ,thanks for sharing ❤️ 💕 🎉

  • @mindyvaughn8217
    @mindyvaughn8217 5 років тому +17

    This was a lovely story. Thank you for sharing it with all of us.💖

  • @Majerly_Annoyed
    @Majerly_Annoyed 3 роки тому +615

    I enjoyed this documentary but I'm wondering how accepting the people were of this visit. I was looking forward to seeing inside the Albatross Bar, Cafe etc. but in the end only one person actually spoke to this guy. Even the supermarket was locked up. I'm sure it is only open limited hours but you'd think they'd make an exception for him, if they were interested... Just an observation.

    • @ultrajorge
      @ultrajorge 3 роки тому +125

      @Kirk Wolfe wake up, there is no such war happening between superpowers anytime soon. Life isn't a movie.
      Also, tell that to 1982 Argentina.

    • @matteovergani2358
      @matteovergani2358 2 роки тому +204

      @@ultrajorge well this comment didn't age well

    • @HovisOats
      @HovisOats 2 роки тому +4

      @@matteovergani2358 yours will age even worse if a world war doesn't happen

    • @jesperb8626
      @jesperb8626 2 роки тому +6

      @@matteovergani2358 his comment was 2 weeks ago...you moron. Ya think there hasn't been tension between Russia and the West before?

    • @jesperb8626
      @jesperb8626 2 роки тому +6

      ​@Kirk Wolfe you're just a clueless idiot who's never been outside before.
      A "safe haven" has absolutely nothing to do with war. It's just a place to seek peace and quiet, from bullshit, from people like you.