This is one of the World's most remote inhabited island. It is half way between New Zealand and the Americas. People of Pitcairn are a unique community of Anglo-Tahitian descent evolving from the famous Bounty mutiny. Today there are approximately 60 residents with only 47 being permanent and the rest are transient. Their main source of income is tourism (through cruise ships). They make wooden carvings and small paintings. As a souvenier we purchased a small carving of the H.M.A.V. Bounty, 1790. To this day most of the inhabitants are direct decendents of Fletcher Christian and the mutineers. We were able to meet two of them, one David Brown, the other Pawl Christian. What an amazing day! Unfortunately unable to tender in as there is no place to dock on the island...much to dangerous, which is why Fletcher Christian destroyed the Bounty and stayed. We are having the most incredible voyage.
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