Thoughts - A Balmy Paradise or Stickers on Your Sandals
Basis Motu on Chuuk Atoll
Pacific Biodiversity Information Forum has made available a collection of photographs taken throughout the Pacific by Dr Angela Kepler and Dr Cameron Kepler. I counted 2943 photos on their website. It should be noted, they make all of these photos available copyright free. It is truely a photographic treasure of islands and island life. I will include a few of my favorites below.
Falalu Motu on Chuuk Atoll
What a story! This is the small island many of us pictured ourselves upon, managing to survive after the shipwreck. Now that we are older and wiser we know that anything short of an afternoon spent on an island of this size is too long of a time.
Homestead on Oroluk Atoll
This homestead is the only habitation on this motu within Oroluk Atoll. The family fishes, grows food and lives a very simple life. This is the island I wouldn't mind being stranded on.
Starbuck Island Interior
I always knew that Starbuck Island was one of the dry islands within the Pacific, having the misfortune to be located where rain doesn't fall. I wouldn't mind visiting for a day and leave. This island would not provide a great deal of sustanence for us big humans.
Tribulus Stickers on Sandals
And finally, one of my favorites. This is one of the realities contrasting with our image of a balmy, beautiful tropical isle - stickers! I've heard the stories of bugs that bite, stickers that stick, reefs that cut and food, strange to our western tastes. This picture is a reminder that these islands, we love so much, have a tough edge to them. Hopefully, the worst that you will encounter on your next visit to a tropical island paradise is Tribulus Stickers on your sandals.
Enjoy!
Labels: atoll, fauna, flora, island, Pacific Biodiversity Information Forum
