Pitcarin

The Pitcarin region within the Southern Pacific is an interesting one with a really rich history. For those of you who are not English literature enthusiast or for those of you who don’t enjoy leisure reading, a very famous and well known tale of betrayal is that of the Mutiny on the HMS Bounty (Her majesty’s ship in case you aren’t familiar with the acronym). This is a true account for a real life mutiny of a crew against there captain and there are actually two accounts that you can read; one is from the captain’s perspective and the other is from the leader of the mutineer’s perspective. To keep the story brief, the mission of the Bounty was to find, locate, and harvest some breadfruit plants in the south Pacific and to bring them back to Britain in order to germinate. Well, once the crew got the taste of the uncomplicated island life and living in paradise (also having sex with the local women who were fascinated by the white men) they decided that they wanted to stay more than return back to their lives in England. So they did just that. One of the main areas where these men stayed was in Pictarin. In fact, when the weather is permitting, cruise lines even pass by the bay where the alleged account of the Bounty actually took place. I actually find this very interesting because my lineage (as part Tongan) can actually be traced back to these mutineers; which I can’t decide if that is cool or not.