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In Philippines (Season 1, Episode 3), Ed Stafford is stranded on a remote tropical island in the Sulu Sea. It’s a paradise that quickly turns into a nightmare as he battles relentless heat, humidity, monsoon rains, and an approaching typhoon. With no tools, no knife, and no food, Ed must use bamboo, coconuts, and driftwood to build shelter, collect rainwater, and forage from the ocean.
Between tropical storms, saltwater exposure, dehydration, and dangerous wildlife, Ed pushes himself to the edge of endurance. This episode showcases the raw beauty and brutal challenges of tropical island survival — testing both mental resilience and practical ingenuity.
Highlights:
Building shelter from bamboo & palm leaves
Foraging fish and coconuts from the sea
Collecting rainwater for survival
Enduring a full tropical storm and extreme humidity
Solo survival with no tools or rescue
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Between tropical storms, saltwater exposure, dehydration, and dangerous wildlife, Ed pushes himself to the edge of endurance. This episode showcases the raw beauty and brutal challenges of tropical island survival — testing both mental resilience and practical ingenuity.
Highlights:
Building shelter from bamboo & palm leaves
Foraging fish and coconuts from the sea
Collecting rainwater for survival
Enduring a full tropical storm and extreme humidity
Solo survival with no tools or rescue
Thank you for supporting our channel
Ed Stafford, Ed Stafford S1E4, Ed Bares All, Survival reflections, 60 days survival, Lessons learned, Survival psychology, Ed Stafford interview, Extreme survival summary, Discovery Channel series, Marooned reflections, Island experiment, Survival insights, Mental resilience, Survival story, Ed Stafford conclusion
Thank you for supporting our channel
Ed Stafford, Ed Stafford Marooned, Marooned with Ed Stafford, Naked and Marooned, Ed Stafford full episodes, Discovery Channel survival, Extreme survival documentary, Survival challenge, Solo survival, 10 day survival, Bushcraft, Primitive survival, Real survival show, Ed Stafford documentary, Wilderness survival, Adventure documentary, Remote wilderness, Survival skills, Solo survival challenge, Nature survival, Outdoor adventure,
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00:00This time, I'm marooned on an island in the South China Sea.
00:07Trapped by towering cliffs, it's the smallest location I've ever tried to thrive in.
00:12I ain't come here to sit in a space the size of a quarter of a football pitch.
00:16With no way out, my situation quickly becomes desperate.
00:20I need water today. I really need water.
00:23Hunger drives me to some difficult eating decisions.
00:27It's so bitter, it's inedible.
00:29And when illness wipes me out, I fear my challenge could be over.
00:34A darkness, a pain, a fear. The hardest thing I have ever, ever done.
00:39I'm Ed Stafford. I've walked the length of the Amazon and survived on a desert island with only a camera to film my adventure.
00:47Now, I've set myself a new challenge to prove I can make it in some of the world's toughest environments.
00:56Oh, my God.
00:58Using only what I find around me.
01:00Already had a kidney and a bit of liver.
01:02I'll be left completely alone for ten days with nothing.
01:06Words cannot describe how I feel right now.
01:09No film crew, no food, no water.
01:13The sun is directly overhead. It's boiling hot.
01:15Not even enough.
01:17Right, come on Ed, get a move on.
01:18This time, it's about more than just survival.
01:21I want to see if I can thrive anywhere.
01:24Yes!
01:25I'm in the Philippines and I'm on a tiny little boat making my way around the coast of an island to get to a bay where I'm going to be dropped off.
01:50The Philippines is made up of more than 7,000 islands.
01:55I'm up in the northwest of the country heading to an uninhabited stretch of coastline on Caron Island.
02:01At the moment, I have to say, this looks really ominous.
02:06It's just sheer cliffs going straight down into the ocean.
02:10It's a beautiful day, but the island looks ridiculously barren.
02:15This landscape immediately brings back bad memories.
02:19Three years ago, I fulfilled a lifelong ambition and spent 60 days marooned on a desert island.
02:25And it nearly broke me.
02:27I have these waves, waves of fierce, fierce panic.
02:30Stuff would get a grip. What's wrong with you?
02:32So I know how tough coastal environments can be.
02:36I haven't braved an island again.
02:45Until now.
02:49This is going to be an interesting project. It really is.
02:53That's my beach.
03:02My mission isn't just to survive here, it's to thrive.
03:05I'm worried that the beach looks too small to provide even the basics.
03:09Let's get this plug out.
03:12I need to focus and stay positive.
03:15This is going to be a challenge.
03:32Okay, that's the last I will see of anybody for well over a week.
03:37Thank you, Abby.
03:43Thank you, mate. Take care.
03:48Look at this place.
03:51Oh, my God.
03:53I have four key priorities.
03:57I don't think shelter is going to be a problem.
04:00And food and fire can wait.
04:02In this heat, water is the number one priority.
04:06The good news is, you see, he's lying in the sand and immediately there's coconuts that's got fluid in it.
04:15That's my first drink.
04:18Water is key.
04:20Daily temperatures of 32 degrees Celsius mean dehydration is a real risk.
04:25But there are other dangers to contend with here.
04:27Snakes, scorpion fish, and sharks, to name but a few.
04:32Okay, in my bag.
04:35I've got an emergency first aid kit.
04:38I've got a tripod.
04:39I've got a spare camera.
04:40I've got both an emergency satellite phone and a VHF radio for comms.
04:46And including the one in my head, I've got three point-of-view cameras.
04:50Well, importantly, I haven't got any food.
04:53I haven't got a knife.
04:54I haven't got any clothes, apart from my pair of shorts that I'm wearing.
04:58I have, however, got half a brain and a pair of hands, so...
05:06I'm actually just looking around the beach, and although it's stunning,
05:09it's filthy.
05:16This is disgusting.
05:18When I was marooned on Olorua, I got used to rubbish washing up on the beach.
05:23But this is much worse.
05:26That's put a downer on things, I have to say.
05:28Look at this.
05:29It's a fluorescent light bulb.
05:43This is the state of the world today.
05:46There's an old satchel.
05:47There's broken flip-flops.
05:48There's loads of broken up polystyrene foam.
05:56Everything from a survival perspective is telling me this is good news.
06:00There's stuff that you can use that's going to help you survive.
06:03And everything from a heart perspective is just disgusted and deeply saddened, I suppose, by the state of this beach.
06:13It's horrible.
06:14It is absolutely littered in rubbish.
06:16But this rubbish is a survival asset.
06:20I can use these bottles for storing water and other debris for catching fish.
06:25Put this very normal bottle up, and you can see, attached to it, it's fishing line.
06:33Now, I want to see what the natural environment has to offer here.
06:40There's definitely fruit.
06:43That's papay tree.
06:45That is very cool.
06:46That's food.
06:48And bamboo, always useful for building.
06:51But what it doesn't have, unless I'm being really stupid, is fresh water.
06:58But I do have coconuts.
07:00The nature sports drink, full of electrolytes, and great at rehydrating my body.
07:11Done.
07:17Ah, feel better now.
07:23I love coconut.
07:25I really, really love coconut.
07:27I'm a bit obsessed with coconut.
07:30But I only have one, two, three, four, five coconuts left.
07:35So we need to ration them.
07:37It's the dry season.
07:39I won't thrive here unless I find another source of water.
07:42On the plus side, there's no need for a shelter.
07:46But I do want a bed.
07:47What I'm doing is putting green palms down first and then brown ones that have fallen from the coconut trees.
07:56And the green ones will be a bit more springy and provide comfort for the bed.
08:03But the brown ones are drier.
08:04So they'll be warmer to lie on than the green ones.
08:08So these ones are going on top.
08:13I may have been dropped off quite late in the evening, but I'm absolutely exhausted.
08:16The sun rose to me on the boat.
08:20And one coconut doesn't seem a lot to drink at all.
08:25I feel dehydrated.
08:26I feel heavy.
08:27My limbs feel heavy.
08:29Already.
08:31Already.
08:32I've only been here a few hours.
08:34But this bed is good.
08:35It's level.
08:37The sand below it is very, very dry.
08:40And it's now got a nice, comfy mattress of coconut palm.
08:51But I can't sleep.
08:53Lying on a beach alone is reminding me of the last time I was marooned on a desert island.
08:58Oluwur was an intense experiment to be dropped on a desert island for 60 days with no contact with anybody.
09:09And it would be fair to say it was the most difficult thing I've ever done in my entire life.
09:15I'm almost, almost welling up saying that.
09:19It was the hardest thing I have ever, ever done.
09:22The loneliness and starvation were unbearable.
09:27And I suffered physically and mentally for a long time afterwards.
09:31Absolutely exhausted.
09:33The end of my tether.
09:35I need water, I need water, I need water, I need water, I need water.
09:38Yes!
09:40Yes, yes, yes, yes!
09:42I'm really questioning why I've come to another island.
09:57Morning.
10:01That was, um, that was the worst night of sleep I've ever had.
10:04But now I realise I'm not just tired.
10:16I'm beginning to feel really unwell.
10:19I've got a fever and something is definitely wrong with my knee.
10:24I'm worried that this might mean the end of my journey.
10:28It's my second day in isolation on Caron Island and things are not going well.
10:38I've yet to find fresh water, food or start a fire.
10:42But right now I'm ill and unable to move.
10:46It's become painfully clear what's wrong with me.
10:49Um, I've got some sort of infection.
10:54An infected cut has turned into cellulitis.
10:59A bacterial skin infection.
11:02I cut it when I was trying to get in over the, um...
11:13I've been hospitalised with it once before.
11:16Untreated, it can become life-threatening.
11:19So I make an emergency radio call to my expedition medic.
11:22Uh, eight days over.
11:25I have a fever around the lymph nodes area.
11:28Um, I might just give an indication as to whether they're elevated on either left or right side, over.
11:33He instructs me to take a massive dose of antibiotics from my emergency medical kit.
11:39If they don't work, I'll need to be evacuated from the island.
11:42You're meant to take one, three times a day.
11:49I'm going to take two, three times a day for the first 24 hours because, um...
11:54I need to get rid of this fast.
11:58In this heat and fighting an infection, I need at least a litre of water a day.
12:07But I'm too weak to start looking.
12:10And I'm forced to drink another of my precious coconuts.
12:14If I don't get better before I run out of coconut water, it'll be game over.
12:26As I face my second night on the island, once again, I'm too worried to sleep.
12:33Morning. Um...
12:47Right.
12:49I've woken up and I'm...
12:54I think I'm feeling bad too.
12:56I'd say my knee doesn't look any worse.
12:59I think the antibiotics might be working.
13:01But I still have another serious concern.
13:04I'm still slightly at my wits' end as to what to do about water.
13:08Um...
13:10But I've still got coconuts.
13:14I've got three coconuts left.
13:17That's enough for today and tomorrow morning.
13:22So I don't really know what to do about water.
13:24Um...
13:26I suppose it is a case of exploring the coastline.
13:30The first thing to try is papaya.
13:32Fruit will give me energy.
13:34And it's a little hydrating as well.
13:42Ah, these aren't ripe at all.
13:45It's milky, milky sap.
13:48And it smells like washing up liquid.
13:52I can even vaguely recognise the taste.
13:54The taste, but...
14:01But that...
14:03It's so bitter, it's inedible.
14:10With coconut flesh around, I'm not eating that.
14:13Not in a million years.
14:14That is a setback.
14:15I keep foraging for food and water, but I need fire too.
14:21A rusty old nail gives me an idea.
14:26The theory very simply is that if I put the nail in to the bottle, point first, and then shake it up and down gently, essentially that it should make minute fractures all around the outside of the bottle.
14:42That should eventually mean that the whole of the bottom comes off in one piece.
14:48I think it's getting close.
14:49Look at that.
14:50That's beautiful.
14:51Now this is what I'm going to use to try and start my fire.
15:04I've made a magnifying glass.
15:08Now I can use the same method as school kids the world over to start my fire.
15:14That's producing a nice little spot.
15:18If I can make this work, I'll be able to cook food and purify water, if I manage to find any.
15:27Ow!
15:28That's hot.
15:30With the sun high in the sky, now is the time to do it.
15:38Position it at the perfect height so that it...
15:48It's going.
15:50It's going.
15:51It's going.
15:53I've got a fire going.
15:58I've got a fire going.
16:01Ah, nice one.
16:03So nice not to have to break a sweat to get a fire going.
16:07Right, okay.
16:08Add more wood.
16:10Having a fire burning in my camp is a real psychological boost.
16:14That little flicker of orange just down there.
16:19It's the difference.
16:20It's the difference between civilization and scrambling around.
16:24I am in such a beautiful, wonderful place.
16:28Now for food.
16:30Rock pools exposed at low tide are a perfect starting point.
16:34They should be full of shrimps, crabs, snails and fish.
16:44Yes.
16:46First bit of protein.
16:54I know it's alive because I saw it go back inside its shell.
16:58And there's quite a few of them.
16:59A couple at least.
17:05I've got a fire going.
17:07I've got about six crabs in my pocket.
17:09They're little hermit crabs.
17:12But six of them is not bad.
17:16Where did I see that can?
17:17There's a can back here.
17:19There's a can round here.
17:21Whatever you need, this beach has got it.
17:24To get a bigger stone.
17:36I might have found food.
17:38But sometimes it's hard to get the packaging off.
17:45You are fairly tough, aren't you?
17:54I'll cook the crabs in sea water.
17:56And as long as I don't drink it, the salt on the food will replace the salt I've lost from sweating.
18:07Huh.
18:17That's a salt explosion.
18:20Mm-hmm.
18:24Mm-hmm.
18:26But then there's meat.
18:28There's meat through it.
18:29Ah, that's good.
18:31That's a good way to end the day.
18:32What a day.
18:33And suddenly, I realize I don't have to be haunted by the ghosts of the past anymore.
18:39I think this is a turning point.
18:41I think this morning when I woke up was a turning point, actually.
18:45Survival psychology is all about being in better control of your mind state.
18:52And for me, I could feel an illogical panic coming on.
18:58A, um, a darkness, a pain, a fear, a sadness.
19:05I've got to be honest, a sadness.
19:06I could feel that coming on.
19:07And then I just thought, that's not, that's not here and now.
19:10That was three years ago.
19:11This is a completely fresh project.
19:13This is a completely new challenge at a time when you're older and wiser
19:19and more experienced and in a better place.
19:22I wouldn't trade that experience for anything in the world
19:24because as tough as it was...
19:28As tough as it was, I learned so much from it about myself
19:35that has enabled me to be a far stronger man.
19:37Hmm.
19:46And with that, I get my first good night's sleep.
19:58Day four.
19:59And for the first time, I feel ready to do battle with Caron Island.
20:03I urgently need to find water.
20:06And exploring my surroundings should increase my chances.
20:17There's a whole fishing net there.
20:19A whole fishing net.
20:24My brain's just going for all the different things I could use this for.
20:27Except, I mean, let's face it, it's extraordinarily useful.
20:30It's an amazing find, but...
20:35It's not instant fish.
20:36It'll need some thinking as to how I utilize it.
20:41This can't distract me from the task in hand.
20:45My search for water.
20:49The tide is still out.
20:50And as I wade across the bay, I make an intriguing discovery.
20:59There's a hidden channel cutting through the rocks.
21:02And a river.
21:03It winds up.
21:04It winds up.
21:05Huh.
21:06Whoa.
21:07Oh.
21:08My.
21:09God.
21:10I have found a secret lagoon.
21:11Look at that.
21:12Look at that.
21:13Look at that.
21:14Look at that.
21:15Look at that.
21:16Look.
21:17That's where I've just come from.
21:18You can only just see the sea in the distance through that little crag.
21:22And it opens up.
21:23Into this.
21:24This spectacular lagoon could be rich in resources.
21:25And the first good news comes with it.
21:26And it opens up into this.
21:29Wow.
21:30Nats food.
21:31Wow.
21:32Nats food.
21:33Look at that.
21:34Look.
21:35Look.
21:36Look at that.
21:37Look at that.
21:38Look at that.
21:39Look at that.
21:40Look at that.
21:41Look at that.
21:42That's where I've just come from.
21:43Look.
21:44Look at that.
21:45Look.
21:46That's where I've just come from.
21:47You can only just see the sea in the distance through that little crag.
21:48And it opens up.
21:49Into this.
21:50This spectacular lagoon could be rich in resources.
21:51And the first good news comes with spikes on.
21:52Wow.
21:53And that's food.
21:54Wow.
21:55Nats food.
21:56if I can get past the spines I'm gonna eat this live because in the heat it
22:25urchins decay very quickly you only eat the gonads which the orange bits they're
22:33packed with protein
22:38so I can keep harvesting these and munching on them whenever I like not only
22:46are urchins a great source of protein they're also loaded with vitamins a
22:50healthy dose of omega oils and calcium too after my urchin feast I spot
22:56something that could change everything there's a sort of mangrove swamp just
23:02over there a mangrove could mean that there's water running down the gully
23:07that's above it this could be my last chance I've got no coconuts left if I
23:13don't find water in the gully my time on Koron Island will end in failure I need
23:19water today I really need water
23:22I'm Ed Stafford and I'm trying to thrive on Koron Island in the Philippines I've
23:31sorted fire and food but dehydration is becoming a real threat close to defeat
23:37I've spotted signs of fresh water on the far side of a deep hidden lagoon if I can
23:43get to it I need to make myself a flotation device three bits of bamboo and
23:48with a bit of netting in the middle and I can cut a bit of this fishing net off and
23:54use that to act as a platform if I find water I'll need the flotation device to
24:01carry bottles with no machete I'm using fire to cut these bamboo pieces to size
24:11the beach is littered with string but it's all old and brittle I need to go back
24:17to nature to find strong vines instead unlike the blue cordage I cannot snap that
24:36the sharp edge of my bottle magnifying glass is great for cutting up the net
24:42and a few polystyrene floats and my vessel is complete
24:49this place is just utterly stunning I've got my raft I'm ready to crush I need water today I really need water
25:06okay go everything's sorted just go
25:13it's actually very cold in there
25:17but to get to the point
25:23yeah I am so apprehensive in the water I really don't like it at all
25:29whatever might lurk in this lagoon I have no choice but to cross it on my quest for water
25:36it's a relief to be back on dry land again even if it is a muddy mangrove swamp
25:43ha it's like another world it's a little lost world in here this is extraordinary
25:51I'm interested in the tree-lined gully it might have been carved by running water
25:58incredible
26:05incredible
26:20all of this
26:27all of this all of the earth beneath my feet is bone dry there
26:32doesn't look that promising it looks pretty dry to me
26:39okay I've climbed quite a way above the lagoon and so far there's no sign of water
26:56and it is bone bone dry
26:59not a hint of water
27:01this lack of water is getting serious
27:03I haven't drunk anything today
27:05but food will give me some fluids
27:07and the mangroves could be a good place to find something
27:10that little grub lives in mangroves
27:14that taste of oysters
27:15oh that tastes delicious
27:17that's like sweet oysters
27:20oh
27:34right let's smash open some more mangrove
27:37that is absolutely amazing
27:41that
27:43I thought it was the back half
27:45it was hiding in the other half of the wood
27:48it's called a tamaloc worm
27:53although they're actually a type of clam
27:55they bore into wet wood
27:57and in the Philippines they're a delicacy
28:00there's a
28:01oh
28:02crikey
28:03the back half is a good bit
28:09that's um
28:10that's got a fair bit of um
28:13wood pulp or sand or something like that in it
28:16I can't continue like this
28:23I have to find water
28:25going back into the lagoon
28:27may reveal other gullies in the cliffs
28:33what I need to do now is
28:35pick an area where I can go up and into the rocks
28:39look for little um
28:40look for little um
28:41look for little
28:42literally hanging rock pools
28:44stuff that
28:45is gonna
28:46collect rainwater
28:48with so many crevices in the limestone cliffs
28:52I'm convinced there must be rainwater trapped here
28:54look
28:57it's beautiful but
29:01I um
29:03I don't care at the moment
29:05I just need to have a drink
29:07I just need to have a drink
29:17come on
29:18ink
29:19I'm perfect
29:20oh
29:35oh
29:37yes
29:38look
29:39there
29:40in that pool
29:41in this
29:43in this
29:45in this
29:46indentation
29:47in a
29:48rock
29:49that's sticking out above a lagoon
29:51has to be fresh water
29:53it has to
29:54has to be fresh water
29:56I wanna high five myself
29:58but I can't
29:59I really actually do wanna high five myself
30:02one sec
30:03I'm gonna high five myself
30:04yes
30:05there is no way on earth
30:06I would drink this now
30:07it's got so many
30:09it must have so many bacteria
30:10and
30:11rubbish in it
30:12but I've got a fire going
30:13I can
30:14I can filter my water first
30:15and then I can
30:16boil it
30:17you know
30:18there is no dramas here
30:19whatsoever
30:20that's not too bad
30:21that's the
30:22that's the tannin in the leaves
30:23that I've collected in the pond
30:24that's not too bad
30:25that's the tannin in the leaves
30:26that I've collected in the pond
30:27that's not too bad
30:28that's the
30:29that's the tannin in the leaves
30:31that I've collected in the pond
30:33pond
30:34in the pool
30:36cool
30:38I take five litres of water
30:42and head home as fast as possible
30:44to drink it
30:54okay
30:55okay
30:56I've got my water
30:57but it's um
30:58it's fairly murky
31:00so I wanna
31:01filter it
31:02so I'm just gonna make myself a filter
31:05first
31:06cut the bottom off the bottom
31:09use a little bit of
31:10cloth
31:11and cover the hole
31:15then
31:16add a layer of sand
31:20a layer of charcoal
31:21here's uh
31:22charcoal
31:23from the fire
31:24a layer of organic matter
31:26and finally
31:27a layer of sand
31:28to keep it all in place
31:30that should make the basics
31:31of a filter
31:32that
31:33can get this clean
31:36the sand should remove
31:37some of the bigger stuff
31:38and charcoal has been used
31:40to purify water
31:41for hundreds of years
31:42I pour the first bottle through
31:46through
31:49but to be doubly sure there are no germs
31:52I boil the filtered water too
31:54boiling
31:55it's boiling
31:56it's boiling
31:58water now sorted
31:59I've got fresh rain water
32:01once boiled
32:02I can even convince myself
32:03it's a wonderful cup of tea
32:05real survival is not glamorous
32:07real survival is about
32:11scrabbling around
32:12and going to extraordinary efforts
32:16to produce quite trivial results
32:19and uh
32:20what can be more trivial
32:22than having a cup of tea
32:23at long last
32:24at long last
32:25I've achieved the four survival priorities
32:27water
32:28fresh water
32:29now
32:30limited supply
32:31enough until the end of this project
32:32anyway
32:33I've got food in the forms of
32:35the sea urchins
32:36and the crabs
32:37and everything that I'm foraging
32:38around the ocean
32:39that's all good
32:40shelter I don't need
32:41because I'm sleeping here on the beach
32:42and um
32:43fire
32:44I've got a nice fat
32:45warm fire over there
32:46that's keeping me warm at night
32:47all four survival priorities
32:52done
32:53now
32:54I need to push things further
32:56and see if I can go from surviving
32:58to thriving
33:03I've been marooned for a week
33:04on Caron Island in the Philippines
33:06and from the start
33:07it's been a struggle
33:09I lost three vital days to illness
33:12but I've stayed positive
33:13and I'm surviving here
33:15ah these aren't ripe at all
33:17just
33:20now
33:21I want to prove I can conquer Caron Island
33:23and thrive here
33:25I think it's really really important now
33:28um
33:29I'm running out of time
33:30and I need
33:31I need to eat well
33:33I need to eat well
33:34before I leave this um
33:35beach
33:36and to do that
33:37I need to go fishing
33:39once again
33:40the trash comes in useful
33:42this time
33:43for making bottle traps
33:44you take
33:46you take
33:47the top of a bottle
33:48you invert it
33:49you push it in
33:51and therefore
33:52you create
33:53a
33:54big aperture
33:55that fish can swim in
33:56and a small aperture inside
33:58that fish can't swim out
33:59and they get stuck inside
34:01I've seen rock pools
34:03with lots of fish
34:05they may be small
34:06but if I catch enough of them
34:07they'll be enough to make a hearty meal
34:09so I laid ten bottle traps
34:12and then on the way back
34:24I finally see something
34:26that would make a big meal
34:27all on its own
34:28that's a black tipped shark
34:35that's a black tipped shark
34:45if everyone needed it
34:46that was proof
34:47that um
34:48there's food around here
34:49that was a black tipped shark
34:50that just uh
34:51spanned past me
34:53sharks have been around
34:54for more than 400 million years
34:57so I'm going to use
34:58one of the oldest
34:59style fish hooks
35:00on earth
35:01a gorge hook
35:02it goes in
35:04in line with the line
35:06and then in the stomach
35:08as it's tugged
35:09it
35:10because it's
35:11anchored off-center
35:12it
35:13it um
35:14splays out
35:15in the
35:16in the stomach
35:17and
35:18it won't come back
35:19out of the
35:20the mouth
35:21or it'll get tangled
35:22in the gills
35:23so I've got the vertical line
35:24the gorge hook
35:25attached here
35:26and then
35:27the orange boy above
35:29a hook is only as good
35:31as the bait on it
35:32and I should find plenty
35:34on the reef
35:35I really don't know
35:37what this is
35:38it's um
35:39the thing is though
35:41it's got meat in it
35:43and I need meat
35:44to put on my gorge hook
35:45so
35:46I'm gonna smash this open
35:47take out the
35:48um
35:49the meaty lips
35:50that you can see
35:51and um
35:52I'm gonna use them
35:53as bait
35:56huge
35:58surely a shark
35:59will go for that
36:08I bait up another five
36:10another five lines
36:12and then I patch up the
36:13ragged fishing net
36:14that I found a few days ago
36:26I set the net across the entrance to the lagoon
36:28to catch fish swimming in or out
36:31or out
36:36now
36:37all I can do is wait
36:38to see what happens
36:43before sunset
36:44I go and take a look
36:46nothing in any of the lines
36:47tonight
36:48unfortunately
36:49they've all got either limpets
36:52or crabs
36:53or bits of sea cucumber on them
36:55but nothing is biting
37:03as I feel the panic of another day without a decent meal
37:06I go out to check the net and lines one last time
37:16but there's nothing there
37:17there's nothing there
37:27it's my last morning on Caron Island
37:31fishing needs time to get right
37:34but I lost a valuable few days when I was ill
37:36and as I tidy up the traps
37:38I no longer hold out much hope of a catch
37:50absolutely nothing in the net at all
37:53I'm amazed it stayed in place though
37:55okay
37:57okay
37:58let's reel that in
38:12six lines
38:14one net
38:16ten bottle traps
38:18I've got a fish
38:20and one rather small fish
38:21literally
38:22the last
38:24trap
38:25and I've got a fish
38:26it's like a loach
38:28you see that in the bottom
38:33hello mate
38:35look at that
38:39they'd caught one fish
38:43but with a few more ingredients
38:45I should be able to make myself a soup
38:47I know that local tribesmen around here
38:54climb the cliffs for swifts' nests
38:58and I think they sell them to Japan
39:00they make quite a delicacy here
39:01they make a soup out of it
39:03so I was just wondering
39:05if I climb in that cave
39:07whether I'll be able to find the um
39:09the nests
39:11the locals make a good living from the nests
39:13and now
39:15I understand why they're worth so much
39:18they're hard to find
39:20and dangerous to get
39:26this is a pretty cool cave
39:28limestone makes
39:30absolutely incredible structures
39:32oh wow
39:34look at that
39:36apparently these
39:38the white bit is actually the saliva of the bird
39:40and um
39:42in certain parts of the world these are delicacy
39:43birds nest soup goes for a lot of money
39:45and uh
39:47I'm gonna find out
39:49I'm gonna take this back
39:51to my camp
39:53and have myself
39:55birds nest
39:57and fish soup
39:59and uh
40:01I'm gonna find out
40:03I'm gonna take this back
40:05to my camp
40:07and have myself
40:08birds nest
40:10and fish soup
40:11okay
40:18okay, washed, scaled
40:20and um
40:21totally gutted
40:28this plant here
40:30behind the camp I believe is
40:32tamarind
40:36starting fruit at the moment
40:37but I'm just gonna put some of the leaves
40:38in my bird's nest soup
40:40felt I had a bit of um
40:42tamarind flavor
40:44tamarind is a real find
40:46its leaves are packed with goodness
40:48and it's great for your guts
40:50now
40:52birds nest
40:54I expected to sort of um
40:56completely disintegrate
40:57disintegrate
40:58and maybe with thyme
41:01it does
41:07oh that tastes quite good actually
41:08what does it taste like?
41:10um
41:16tastes like noodles I suppose
41:17oh it's a wonderful soup as well
41:22it really feels like I'm putting loads of nutrients into my body
41:28oh that was the head of the fish
41:30amazing
41:34definitely
41:36the best meal since I've been here
41:38this is the first time I've felt on top of the situation
41:42I can't claim to have properly thrived here
41:45but given time
41:47I'm sure my lines, bottle traps and net
41:50would catch fish
41:52and the rains would bring me water
41:58this place is utterly extraordinary
42:00I'm surrounded by
42:02a cathedral
42:04of limestone
42:07limestone turrets
42:09shooting up in every direction
42:11they don't care whether I catch a fish or not
42:14and then my little beach
42:17in actual fact
42:19it may
42:21have a little bit of rubbish on it
42:23but that's a dillic in itself as well isn't it?
42:26that's utterly a dillic
42:29acceptance
42:32acceptance
42:35when you accept what is
42:37every moment is the best moment
42:40when you fight against it
42:44then you're angry or annoyed or frustrated or
42:47pissed off
42:49but when you accept it
42:51life's keen
42:52nice keen
42:59easier said than done
43:02desert islands will never be my favourite location
43:06but thanks to my time here
43:08they will no longer hold the same fear for me
43:11as they did when I first arrived
43:13here he is, here he is
43:15here he is
43:24good to see you
43:28first I'm ever going to see at that little beach
43:33homeward bound
43:34you
43:42he the
43:44and
43:46heor
43:48N
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