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[sitar, rapidly strummed]

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(Rudy Maxa)
I'm motoring across
a sapphire lagoon

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to jump out
and swim with sharks.

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And oh, what a setting!

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There is no more beautiful place

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to risk being eaten
than in the heavenly blue waters

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that surround the islands
of French Polynesia.

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♪
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Sometimes you just want
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[bass, guitar,
and piano play softy]

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♪
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French Polynesia is a collection
of around 130 islands

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flung miles apart in
the vast Pacific Ocean.

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They range from
lagoon-ringed islands

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with green volcanic spires

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to low coral atolls
with very little land,

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to heavily-forested
rugged beauties.

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Anything is possible,
from a honeymoon bungalow

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over the lagoon
to a luxury cruise

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to the best diving
on the planet.

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This is a place of dreams,

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a culturally rich, geologically
fascinating group of islands

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surrounded by azure waters

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teeming with marine life.

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Indeed, the lure of these
islands is so strong

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it seduced sailors, artists,

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and explorers for centuries.

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Beware, once you visit,
you may stay forever.

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[bongo drums and flutes
play in bright rhythm]

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My journey begins on Moorea
in the Society Islands.

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I fly to Fakarava
in the Tuamotu Islands,

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then jump aboard the
Paul Gauguin cruise ship

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and sail to the
lonely Marquesas Islands.

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They say the sharks of
French Polynesia are happy

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and well-fed, not inclined
to munch on divers,

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I guess I'm about to find out.

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♪
♪

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"Skin Diver" magazine
awarded French Polynesia

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the adrenaline-pumping title

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"shark diving capitol
of the South Pacific."

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Indeed, they're everywhere.

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Black tip, white tip,
gray reef sharks,

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and lemon sharks--they all make
their home in Moorea's lagoon.

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And sharks aside, the scenery
down here is other-worldly.

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♪
♪

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The society Islands are
a string of 14 isles,

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with Tahiti the largest
and Bora Bora the most romantic.

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Moorea lies adjacent to Tahiti

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in the subgroup knows as
the Windward Islands.

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It's laid back
and less expensive
than its famous neighbors.

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Moorea is just a short flight
or ferry ride from Tahiti,

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and its lagoon,
ringed by a coral reef

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is off-the-charts gorgeous.

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Moorea is Tahiti's
weekend playground.

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And Tahitians leap over

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for the white sand beaches
and limpid lagoon.

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They come to snorkel,
dive, sail,

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and picnic
on little pristine islands.

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The lagoon's islands are known
as motus and they provide

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the perfect platform for
all kinds of water sports.

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[men sing in Tahitian]

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♪
♪

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On motu Tiahura, I grab a drink
at the tiny

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Coco Beach restaurant
and watch lagoon life.

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♪
♪

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The scenery
hasn't changed much since

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the first European explorers,
Captain Cook among them,

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sailed their ships
into the bays in the 1700s

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and believed
they'd found paradise.

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♪
♪

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Hundreds of species of fish

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swim these pristine waters,

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and needless to say,

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lunch on the motu is fresh.

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Thank you. All right,
let's see what we have here.

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The fish cooked on the grill,
steamed in the aluminum foil.

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Oh, my goodness. Oh, major,
major fish! I can see--

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actually all the fish here is

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so gorgeous; I can see why

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the sharks
of Polynesia are so happy!

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♪
♪

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The best resorts in Moorea
offer bungalows

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that loop out into
the aquamarine lagoon.

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One is hard-pressed
to do anything

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but hang out on the deck
and watch the fish swim by.

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It's tempting
to do nothing here,

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but Moorea offers lots
of adventures as well.

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I'm jetting off for a date
with some stingrays!

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[guitars and vibraphone
play in bright rhythm]

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♪
♪

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Stingrays bury
themselves in sand

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and wait for crustaceans
and small fish.

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They use electroreceptors
to sense the presence of prey.

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They have barbed stingers
that they use for self-defense.

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 How many rays are
 in this bay right now?

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Here are 14 rays.

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Oh, here's a white one.
And 17 sharks.

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  And 17 sharks; we haven't
  seen the sharks yet.

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Ah, this is the white,
she is 25 years old.

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 25 years old?
 She is big.

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The eating is good here;
the food is good.

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Tuna.
 Tuna, right. Very strong!

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 So strong;
 they look so gentle,

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 and then their flippers
 are very strong.

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One, 2, 3...

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She knows after 3, she's
going to get some tuna?

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Yes.
Look at the mouth.

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  There's the mouth,
  there's the mouth.

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  Right, right, right, right,
  right, right, right.

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Ah Lucy!

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 Kiss his back.

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Okay, kiss Lucy again.
Kiss Lucy again.

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Yes, 1, 2, 3!
It's the first time?

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  First time I've
  touched a ray, yes.

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It's like, I don't know,
it's like oil on glass.

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I don't know; how do I
describe it? It's so, so sleek.

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(Rudy)
Protecting this vast world
of marine life

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is serious business
here in Polynesia.

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At the InterContinental
Resort's Center for Turtles,

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sick or injured green sea
turtles and hawksbill turtles

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are rehabilitated and released
back into the wild.

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 This is a cute little guy;
 why was she brought here?

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Because after the
nesting of the female,

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she was blocked under the nest
and unable to reach the surface

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and to go to the ocean;
very, very weak.

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She was very weak, so you've
brought her back to health

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and she's about to go back out?
(man) Yeah, for sure.

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(Rudy)
How many turtles are
here in the preserve?

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 We have 91
 and 100 baby turtles.

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100 babies,
and this is obviously a big one.

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  This is a hawksbill turtle;

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 you can see the bill.

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 The name is hawksbill

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 because of the shape,

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and she is approximately
40 years old.

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40 years old?
How long can a turtle live?

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  A marine turtle
  can live 60 years.

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A marine turtle is 60 years;
and why is she here?

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Obviously, she has a problem.

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Well, has no problem swimming.
My goodness!

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She has a problem
of floatability.

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Floatability?
 Yeah, she has gas
 in the shell.

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  So she can't dive.
  She can't dive,

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 and she can't find
 the food by herself.

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Is this a permanent
condition?   Yeah.

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So you can't fix that, no,
so she may live here

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another 20 years,
maybe.    Maybe.

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Now there
she goes, there's she's
playing; all right. [laughs]

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(Rudy)
Many people come and go
to the Society Islands

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and never explore
the other island groups

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that are just a
short flight away.

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♪
♪

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All of these Polynesian islands
are volcanic.

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Their velvety green peaks
rose out of the sea

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millions of years ago
and now are slowly sinking.

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In several million years,
Bora Bora and Moorea

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will look like the Tuamotus,
their peaks having sunk

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into the sea leaving
only their coral reefs.

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With global warming,
these atolls are in danger

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of being swallowed
by the rising sea.

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These delightful coral
atolls sank many a ship,

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and explorers referred to them
as "the dangerous archipelago."

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My destination?
The breathtaking necklace
of reef called Fakarava.

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Lovely Fakarava is so beautiful

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I gotta pinch myself.

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The lagoon is huge, 37 miles
long and teeming with fish.

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The Tuamotus are
renowned for diving,

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for the incredible visibility,
warm waters,

10:19.066 --> 10:21.900 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:52.5%
and yes, more sharks.

10:33.800 --> 10:36.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:62.5%
Nicolas, why is this such
a special place to dive?

10:36.833 --> 10:40.500 align:start position:10% line:58% size:77.5%
  Because maybe it's one of the
  best dive sites in the world.

10:40.500 --> 10:42.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:20%
Because?
  Because of this passage

10:42.200 --> 10:44.133 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5%
 from the ocean
 to the lagoon.

10:44.133 --> 10:46.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:22.5%
It's like
a superhighway for fish.

10:46.133 --> 10:49.466 align:start position:20% line:74% size:65%
  Exactly! A superhighway.
What is the name of this pass?

10:49.466 --> 10:50.800 align:start position:40% line:79.33% size:27.5%
  Galloway,
  Galloway Passage.

10:50.800 --> 10:53.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:20%
And what
will we see down here?

10:53.966 --> 10:58.033 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:67.5%
  So you will see thousands
  and thousands of fish,

10:58.033 --> 10:59.766 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:67.5%
  maybe hundreds of sharks,

10:59.766 --> 11:02.566 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:67.5%
  different kind of sharks,
  amazing corals.

11:02.566 --> 11:04.433 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:70%
 So it's very nice, amazing.

11:04.433 --> 11:07.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65%
And these are the friendly
sharks, the Polynesian sharks?

11:07.633 --> 11:10.466 align:start position:20% line:74% size:65%
 No dangerous sharks here.
No dangerous sharks here.

11:10.466 --> 11:12.966 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:57.5%
 Especially we don't do
 any feeding here,

11:12.966 --> 11:16.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80%
so it's just the nature, and the
sharks are afraid of the divers

11:16.900 --> 11:19.966 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:70%
usually more than the divers
are afraid from the sharks.

11:19.966 --> 11:22.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:30%
I like that,
I like that order.

11:22.066 --> 11:23.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:20%
Let's go
see them!     Let's go!

11:23.866 --> 11:26.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:2.5%
♪
♪

11:26.800 --> 11:31.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:15%
(Rudy)
Drift diving is a thrilling
experience here in the Tuamotus.

11:31.500 --> 11:33.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:2.5%
♪
♪

11:33.166 --> 11:36.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50%
When the tides comes
in through the pass,

11:36.366 --> 11:40.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5%
divers can literally ride
the current into the lagoon.

11:40.033 --> 11:43.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:2.5%
♪
♪

11:43.866 --> 11:47.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5%
With sharks and tropical fish
speeding by next to you,

11:47.766 --> 11:50.000 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:70%
it's the ride of a lifetime.

11:50.000 --> 11:55.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:2.5%
♪
♪

11:55.700 --> 11:58.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5%
The Tuamotu Islands are
famous for their beauty,

11:58.833 --> 12:02.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5%
but not just the dreamy
aquamarine beauty of the lagoon;

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black beauties are the
islands' lucrative exports.

12:05.700 --> 12:08.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55%
Fakarava's main street
was finally paved

12:08.300 --> 12:10.533 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:70%
with money from pearl sales.

12:10.533 --> 12:13.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75%
Pearls are Polynesia's biggest
revenue source after tourism.

12:13.666 --> 12:15.833 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:62.5%
It wasn't until the 1970s

12:15.833 --> 12:19.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80%
that these black pearls took off
in international markets.

12:19.300 --> 12:23.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5%
Today there are hundreds of
pearl farms in French Polynesia.

12:23.266 --> 12:25.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:42.5%
Nice to meet you.
Should we go in?

12:25.366 --> 12:28.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:25%
So this is
how it begins?

12:28.400 --> 12:30.066 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5%
 Yes. Those are
 oysters.

12:30.066 --> 12:31.833 align:start position:10% line:58% size:37.5%
And how old are
those oysters?

12:31.833 --> 12:33.900 align:start position:30% line:58% size:42.5%
Those ones I have
are 3 years.

12:33.900 --> 12:35.866 align:start position:10% line:58% size:32.5%
So the pearls
are now ready?

12:35.866 --> 12:37.566 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:55%
 No, no, no, no pearl.

12:37.566 --> 12:41.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5%
They've been in the water for 3
years and there are no pearls?

12:41.200 --> 12:43.733 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60%
 No pearl. This is going
 in for the grafting.

12:43.733 --> 12:46.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5%
You impregnate them; you graft,
which we'll see in a minute.

12:46.700 --> 12:49.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65%
Then how long does it take
for the pearls to grow?

12:49.700 --> 12:51.866 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:32.5%
For the pearl
we need 2 years.

12:51.866 --> 12:55.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80%
So the whole process is 5 years?
  At least, yeah.

12:55.400 --> 12:58.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:37.5%
How many pearls
do you sell a year?

12:58.266 --> 13:03.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75%
 One million, 500 pearl a year
 for all our pearl farm.

13:03.700 --> 13:06.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:47.5%
So how many oysters
do you have?

13:06.400 --> 13:08.366 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:20%
10 to 12
million oysters.

13:08.366 --> 13:11.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75%
At various stages of maturity;
10 to 12 million oysters!

13:11.833 --> 13:13.500 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:32.5%
 Where are we
 going now?

13:13.500 --> 13:15.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:22.5%
Now we go
to the cleaning part.

13:15.633 --> 13:17.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:15%
(Rudy)
That's where all
the noise is here?

13:17.700 --> 13:20.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:20%
(Franck)
Yeah, this part is very noisy
because we have a machine

13:20.666 --> 13:23.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60%
for cleaning, and we use
the knife to pick out

13:23.300 --> 13:24.933 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:55%
all the small oysters.

13:24.933 --> 13:27.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:15%
(Rudy)
On that side of
the oysters, right.

13:27.066 --> 13:30.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:2.5%
♪
♪

13:30.333 --> 13:34.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:15%
(Rudy)
A cultured pearl is created
when a piece of shell

13:34.366 --> 13:37.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50%
ground into a sphere
is planted in the oyster,

13:37.700 --> 13:39.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60%
a procedure that demands
surgical precision.

13:39.833 --> 13:49.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:2.5%
♪
♪

13:54.300 --> 13:56.633 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:70%
A mantle, or piece of flesh,

13:56.633 --> 13:59.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:47.5%
from another oyster
is also inserted.

13:59.000 --> 14:02.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65%
The oyster is then lowered
into the sea and rotated

14:02.833 --> 14:04.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:35%
to promote the
pearl's roundness.

14:04.733 --> 14:08.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5%
Finally, all the pearls are
checked for quality control

14:08.133 --> 14:10.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:42.5%
and are certified
before they're sold.

14:11.833 --> 14:15.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:2.5%
♪
♪

14:15.966 --> 14:19.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75%
To get to my next destination,
the Marquesas Islands,

14:19.533 --> 14:23.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5%
I'm joining a cruise ship
called the "Paul Gauguin."

14:23.133 --> 14:26.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:2.5%
♪
♪

14:26.733 --> 14:30.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:22.5%
Oh merci.
Thanks so much.

14:30.100 --> 14:34.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75%
Late in his life, Paul Gauguin
sailed to the Marquesas,

14:34.800 --> 14:37.666 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:65%
but not ite in this style.

14:37.666 --> 14:40.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:2.5%
♪
♪

14:40.766 --> 14:44.166 align:start position:10% line:10% size:75%
This elegant small cruise ship
carries only 330 passengers

14:44.166 --> 14:47.900 align:start position:10% line:10% size:60%
and was voted number one
cruise ship in the world

14:47.900 --> 14:49.700 align:start position:10% line:10% size:60%
by "Condé Nast Traveler"
magazine.

14:49.700 --> 14:52.266 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:52.5%
It's easy to see why.

14:52.266 --> 14:55.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:47.5%
Guests are pampered
at every turn,

14:55.266 --> 14:57.800 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:60%
and the open airy design

14:57.800 --> 15:01.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5%
keeps the achingly blue sea
always in sight.

15:01.900 --> 15:03.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:2.5%
♪
♪

15:03.933 --> 15:05.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:45%
The Gauguin exudes
understated elegance,

15:05.966 --> 15:09.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5%
and the food, well it's French;
need I say more?

15:09.966 --> 15:13.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:2.5%
♪
♪

15:13.433 --> 15:15.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:15%
(Rudy)
We sail through open sea.

15:15.266 --> 15:18.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5%
The Marquesas are more than 500
miles from the Tuamotu Islands,

15:18.700 --> 15:22.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:45%
and it takes about
a day and a half by ship.

15:27.233 --> 15:30.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60%
The Polynesians whom the
Europeans first encountered

15:30.400 --> 15:34.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:40%
in the mid 1700s
took the sailors for gods

15:34.400 --> 15:37.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:37.5%
and their ships
for a floating island.

15:37.566 --> 15:39.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:30%
They lived a
primitive existence;

15:39.500 --> 15:42.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55%
yet the Europeans were
stunned to discover how far

15:42.966 --> 15:45.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:47.5%
the Polynesians had
traveled in their canoes.

15:47.666 --> 15:51.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65%
Captain Cook brought a man
by the name of Tupaia

15:51.366 --> 15:53.033 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:60%
aboard ship to navigate.

15:53.033 --> 15:56.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60%
Cook was astonished that
Tupaia knew 2500 square miles

15:56.366 --> 15:59.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:42.5%
of Polynesia like
the back of his hand.

15:59.466 --> 16:01.733 align:start position:10% line:10% size:60%
So each island group has

16:01.733 --> 16:03.900 align:start position:10% line:10% size:67.5%
a star that fixes it within

16:03.900 --> 16:05.733 align:start position:10% line:10% size:65%
a celestial configuration.

16:05.733 --> 16:08.133 align:start position:10% line:10% size:67.5%
When we go from point zero,

16:08.133 --> 16:09.866 align:start position:10% line:10% size:72.5%
we're going into the unknown,

16:09.866 --> 16:12.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:47.5%
but as we're going,
we're watching

16:12.033 --> 16:15.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:47.5%
the stars at night,
their declination and all that,

16:15.300 --> 16:18.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55%
and the moment we find
the new island, bang!

16:18.900 --> 16:22.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:25%
we give it
a rising star that fixes it

16:22.166 --> 16:25.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:47.5%
into the Western or
any existing star map.

16:25.033 --> 16:27.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:15%
(Rudy)
Amazing; how did
they find this place?

16:27.933 --> 16:31.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:15%
(Mark)
We reckon, the process
was deliberate and planned,

16:31.166 --> 16:32.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:45%
but experimental--
young, crazy adolescents,

16:32.966 --> 16:35.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5%
put them on the canoe
with the navigator.

16:35.233 --> 16:37.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:42.5%
You can push them
to their limit;

16:37.266 --> 16:39.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50%
it's an introduction
to life to them,

16:39.566 --> 16:41.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:22.5%
it breaks
their childhood into manhood.

16:41.266 --> 16:43.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:45%
They can be pushed
to the limit physically.

16:43.800 --> 16:47.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5%
When they find an island,
they can hang out eating fish,

16:47.200 --> 16:49.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70%
drinking coconut, wait until
there's a suitable time

16:49.700 --> 16:52.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70%
to return with the knowledge
of where that island is.

16:52.800 --> 16:56.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70%
Then when you get back home,
that's when you plan

16:56.100 --> 16:58.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5%
systematically to leave
with the women, the children,

16:58.766 --> 17:01.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5%
the pigs, the dogs, the yams,
the breadfruit seedlings,

17:01.833 --> 17:03.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:30%
and you take
everything with you.

17:03.900 --> 17:06.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55%
That island is already
fixed with a rising star

17:06.566 --> 17:09.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55%
in your celestial map,
bang!, you go and settle.

17:09.233 --> 17:11.800 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:75%
[acoustic guitars play softly]

17:19.666 --> 17:22.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:15%
(Rudy)
We are docked at Fatu Hiva,

17:22.100 --> 17:24.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:47.5%
arguably one of the
prettiest of the Marquesas.

17:24.900 --> 17:27.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:42.5%
The cliffs tumble
into gorgeous bays,

17:27.000 --> 17:30.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55%
and mist clings to the
tops of the mountains.

17:30.133 --> 17:33.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60%
Fatu Hiva is remote, and
approaching it from the water

17:33.700 --> 17:35.900 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:65%
is the best way to arrive,

17:35.900 --> 17:38.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60%
though there are regular
flights here from Tahiti.

17:41.000 --> 17:44.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5%
Life moves at a crawl
in the Marquesas.

17:44.666 --> 17:49.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5%
The islands have been inhabited
for more than 1500 years,

17:49.333 --> 17:52.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5%
originally settled by peoples
from Southeast Asia.

17:52.566 --> 17:55.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5%
The Europeans arrived
in the 18th century,

17:55.900 --> 17:58.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:45%
bringing with them
alcohol and diseases.

17:58.766 --> 18:02.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55%
The population dropped
from about 80,000 to 4,000

18:02.700 --> 18:05.033 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:55%
in the next 150 years.

18:05.033 --> 18:09.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5%
Today, about 9,000 people
inhabit these islands.

18:09.333 --> 18:12.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:37.5%
To walk through
the village of Hanavave

18:12.466 --> 18:16.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5%
is to step back in time
about 200 years.

18:16.500 --> 18:18.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:30%
[woman sings
in her native language]

18:18.633 --> 18:24.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:2.5%
♪
♪

18:24.333 --> 18:27.766 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:22.5%
 Bonjour.
 Je suis Rudy.

18:27.766 --> 18:29.933 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:32.5%
Et moi Sarah.

18:29.933 --> 18:31.666 align:start position:40% line:79.33% size:17.5%
 Sarah;
 my daughter's name.

18:31.666 --> 18:33.500 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:22.5%
  James. 
 James, Rudy;

18:33.500 --> 18:36.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5%
  nice to meet you. Enchanté.
  And you're the wood-carver?

18:36.633 --> 18:38.766 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:52.5%
 Let's go in and see.

18:40.833 --> 18:43.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:15%
(Rudy)
The Marquesasans are
expert wood-carvers.

18:43.033 --> 18:46.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5%
Their wood statues, or tikis,
were believed to contain

18:46.400 --> 18:49.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5%
the spirit of the gods,
or mana.

18:49.033 --> 18:53.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5%
The concept of mana was
an important one in Polynesia.

18:53.300 --> 18:55.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:40%
The Marquesasans
practiced cannibalism,

18:55.000 --> 18:57.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65%
mainly eating high-ranking
tribal enemies,

18:57.100 --> 19:00.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:47.5%
as it was believed,
that way they could consume

19:00.400 --> 19:02.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5%
their enemy's spirit,
or mana.

19:02.233 --> 19:07.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80%
Tapa is a cloth made by pounding
the bark of a mulberry tree.

19:07.466 --> 19:10.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5%
For the Polynesians, clothing
held a religious significance.

19:10.700 --> 19:14.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70%
People wrapped themselves in
tapa to conserve their mana

19:14.300 --> 19:16.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55%
and would ceremonially
unwrap themselves

19:16.366 --> 19:18.766 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:70%
as a form of sacred renewal.

19:18.766 --> 19:22.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65%
When a young woman boarded
the first French vessel

19:22.233 --> 19:25.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5%
to visit Polynesia in 1768,
she unwrapped her tapa

19:25.733 --> 19:28.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55%
to an astonished group
of sea-weary sailors.

19:28.400 --> 19:31.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80%
The significance of her greeting
was entirely misinterpreted.

19:35.133 --> 19:38.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70%
Herman Melville set "Typee,"
his adventure story of a sailor

19:38.966 --> 19:42.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60%
held in captivity by the
natives, in the Marquesas.

19:42.433 --> 19:44.233 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:70%
He describes an idyllic life

19:44.233 --> 19:46.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:27.5%
interrupted
by brutal tribal warfare.

19:46.033 --> 19:48.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60%
These lush islands burst
with flowers and fruit,

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and at times people lived off
the island with ease,

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but the fruit was seasonal,
and in scarce years,

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the neighboring tribes
fought for access to food.

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Deep valleys separated
one tribe from another,

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and the warring spanned
generations.

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Essentially, the idea is
you go and conquer people,

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you take their most powerful
men, you kill them,

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you cook them in an earth oven;

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the guys in the war party
that were victorious

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eat particular body parts,

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thereby taking in
the power of that man,

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but eclipsing it
in the rest of his family.

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So the defeated family will keep
this memory of hatred

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against the enemy
for generations.

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So it engenders revenge killing

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in a spiral that was unending
into the historic period.

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(Rudy)
Sounds like a very tough town,
the Marquesas, historically.

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(Mark)
I guess, but when you
were born in that culture...

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(Rudy) It's what you do.
(Mark) it's what you do.

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I mean, let's be honest,
in times of peace,

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they were some of the most
fun-loving,

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aesthetically creative, happy,

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funky Polynesians in
the whole of East Polynesia.

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Don't think that everybody
was going around whacking

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each other on the head with
a club and eating people,

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but periodically it is true that
was a part of their society.

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Something of "Typee's" Polynesia

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persists in the Marquesas--

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a wild beauty,
isolated villages

21:09.933 --> 21:13.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5%
that see the occasional
passing ship,

21:13.066 --> 21:16.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65%
rugged remote valleys, and
piercing mossy green ridges.

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We moor now at the
island of Hiva Oa.

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[guitar plays softly;
birds sing]

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The stories that European
sailors brought home

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of the beauty of Polynesia,
the lovely women

21:33.100 --> 21:35.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:45%
and affable people
captivated Europe, and

21:35.700 --> 21:39.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80%
the tattoos the sailors returned
with astonished the Europeans.

21:39.566 --> 21:42.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65%
In Polynesia, Captain Cook
and his crew witnessed

21:42.800 --> 21:45.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:45%
full body tattoos,
tattoos that completely

21:45.266 --> 21:48.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5%
blackened buttocks or wound
around the eyes and lips.

21:48.933 --> 21:51.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5%
Many of the sailors underwent
the painful process

21:51.800 --> 21:54.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5%
whereby a shark's tooth
was dipped in pigment

21:54.700 --> 21:56.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:42.5%
and then hammered
into the flesh.

21:56.900 --> 22:01.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70%
Like the tapa bark clothing,
tattoos were another ritual

22:01.366 --> 22:05.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70%
that kept a person's spirit,
or mana, protected.

22:05.333 --> 22:08.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55%
They were also used to
intimidate other warriors.

22:08.500 --> 22:10.233 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:65%
When Cook's crew returned,

22:10.233 --> 22:13.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:35%
tattoos became
the newest fad back in London.

22:13.400 --> 22:16.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5%
Today, young Marquesans are
reviving the ancient designs.

22:16.600 --> 22:20.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:2.5%
♪
♪

22:20.166 --> 22:23.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65%
After hearing the tales of
paradise, beautiful women,

22:23.166 --> 22:25.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:47.5%
and lonely valleys,
the Impressionist painter

22:25.466 --> 22:28.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:32.5%
Paul Gauguin,
at the age of 40,

22:28.166 --> 22:31.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60%
sailed to Tahiti in 1891
to fall off the grid.

22:31.966 --> 22:34.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:2.5%
♪
♪

22:34.666 --> 22:36.733 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:72.5%
He took up with teenage girls

22:36.733 --> 22:39.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5%
and outraged the locals
with his drinking parties.

22:39.566 --> 22:42.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75%
He eventually moved to Hiva Oa
to further isolate himself

22:42.733 --> 22:44.733 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:57.5%
and get back to nature.

22:46.733 --> 22:49.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:47.5%
Shortly thereafter,
he died of syphilis.

22:52.333 --> 22:55.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60%
His vibrant paintings of
Tahiti made him famous,

22:55.900 --> 22:58.066 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:62.5%
but only after his death.

22:58.066 --> 23:08.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:2.5%
♪
♪

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[drums play
in bright, syncopated rhythm]

23:15.966 --> 23:18.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:2.5%
♪
♪

23:18.033 --> 23:21.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5%
Dance has always been a
ig part of Polynesian life,

23:21.600 --> 23:24.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65%
and the dances reflect the
culture's reverence for nature.

23:24.866 --> 23:27.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50%
In a little clearing
a woman performs

23:27.733 --> 23:29.766 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:57.5%
"La Danse de l'oiseau,"

23:29.766 --> 23:32.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50%
a dance performed on
the balls of the feet.

23:32.600 --> 23:36.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5%
The bird dance is unique to the
Marquesas; a hypnotic dance

23:36.100 --> 23:39.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5%
a simple paean to the grace
and beauty of the bird.

23:39.600 --> 23:44.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:2.5%
♪
♪

23:44.300 --> 23:46.266 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:50%
[piano plays softly]

23:47.633 --> 23:51.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5%
Here in the remote wilderness
of the far-flung Marquesas,

23:51.500 --> 23:55.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55%
I find a luxury resort
perched above pristine bays.

23:55.400 --> 24:01.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80%
Talk about falling off the grid;
this is the place to do it!

24:01.000 --> 24:03.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:47.5%
From the resorts of
the Society Islands

24:03.933 --> 24:07.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5%
to the rings of coral
in the Tuamotus

24:07.300 --> 24:10.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50%
to the savage beauty
of the Marquesas,

24:10.300 --> 24:13.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5%
French Polynesia is the
most adventurous place

24:13.200 --> 24:16.133 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80%
where you can do nothing at all.

24:16.133 --> 24:19.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65%
Just roll off your balcony
into the paint box of blues,

24:19.633 --> 24:23.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5%
stroke the smooth back of a
stingray, stare down a shark,

24:23.100 --> 24:26.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:40%
or cruise to the
ends of the world.

24:26.166 --> 24:28.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:32.5%
Happy sharks,
pristine waters, bird dances,

24:28.900 --> 24:32.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:32.5%
and seascapes
that dreams are made of.

24:32.066 --> 24:34.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:47.5%
These sweet islands
are casting a spell on me.

24:34.266 --> 24:37.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:32.5%
I may have to
rough it here in paradise
just a little bit longer.

24:37.700 --> 24:41.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55%
From French Polynesia,
I'm Rudy Maxa. Nana!

24:42.633 --> 24:46.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75%
As is the case in many islands
resorts, food can be pricey.

24:46.833 --> 24:50.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5%
One option is to book a
package deal at a resort

24:50.633 --> 24:53.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5%
with your meals included,
or local markets

24:53.066 --> 24:56.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:42.5%
are a great place
to stock up on snacks.

24:56.200 --> 24:58.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70%
Papeete's downtown food vans
known as roulotte

24:58.633 --> 25:01.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5%
are another delicious way
to dine well

25:01.100 --> 25:02.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:40%
without dropping
too many francs.

25:02.833 --> 25:05.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:35%
At these vans,
you can get everything from

25:05.900 --> 25:09.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5%
impeccably prepared grilled
mahimahi to pizza to steak.

25:09.000 --> 25:11.066 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:75%
However, no alcohol is served.

25:11.066 --> 25:13.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:17.5%
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