15th August

15th August
Pitcairn. Partly cloudy with some sun.
Around about 10am we arrived at Pitcairn Island. There is no anchorage at the Island so it was not intended for any of us to go ashore. What happened is that a boat came out from the Island with some officials and a group of people who setup stalls in one of the dining rooms selling artefacts, tee shirts etc. During the morning a local gave a lecture Ellington us what life is like on the Island which is one of the remotest island in the world. There are about 50 people living on the Island and most are related to the Bounty Mutineers. There are only 8 children living there and next year 3 of them will be going to New Zealand to go to High School. The Island is subsidised by the UK but administered from New Zealand. During the morning and early afternoon we cruised around the Island.After the Pitcairners packed up and left we sailed for Papeete.
Tonight Bayne Bacon gave another show in the Princess Theatre along with the Band. He played piano, sang, played guitar and told jokes. One joke he told was about a man who took his family to tour the Holy Land and all went well until his Mother in Law dropped dead. He asked an undertaker how much it would cost to ship her body back to the USA. The undertaker said it would cost $10,000 or they could bury her in the Holy Land for $500. The man said inspire of the cost he would take her body back to the US. The undertaker was surprised and asked why. Well said the American 2000 years ago who buried a man here and 3 days he came back to life. I am not taking that chance.