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Calami & Grandchild

The man himself. Calami showed me photo copies given to him by a visiting German yacht of the “Seeadlers” grounding taken by the crew in 1917. He drew me an extensive map of the underwater topography. Right for the most part, he got the depth of the “deep anchor” wrong by only 70 feet!….. Here is planting bread fruit with the help of one of three grandchildren on the island. This is about as “grass hut” as it gets…..

Mopelia Atoll, Society Islands – French Polynesia

June 13, 2010