00:00When you talk about your travel projects to Tristan d'Acuna, it is very probable that your friends ignore totally
00:06the place of this distant island.
00:08Nothing to do with that. Tristan d'Acuna is recognized as the archipel habitable the most reculé of the planet.
00:14The land populated the most close, Sainte-Hélène, is located at about 2400 km.
00:20The island of Tristan d'Acuna is currently only 229 inhabitants.
00:24In a so tight community, everyone is either the cousin or the uncle, or maybe simply the friend of someone.
00:30But one thing is certain, everyone knows.
00:33There are no more than 10 names of families on the island, corresponding to only 10 different lignes.
00:39Rejoining this island relates to a true epopee.
00:42No airport is present, making the travel exclusively maritime.
00:47In general, you must expect to travel several days from South Africa.
00:50The island of South Africa is regularly served by only 3 ships,
00:54making together less than a dozen trips per year.
00:57Some companies are integrated into their own itinéraires.
01:00But it is essential to organize your travel in advance,
01:03because of the number of places available on the boats at the start of the Cape.
01:07In addition, an authorization to travel is obligatory.
01:12Even if the island does not have classic hotels,
01:15several houses are available, and it is even possible to go to the inhabitants.
01:19In addition, the locals will offer you a comfortable accommodation,
01:22three daily meals, and services of blanchisserie.
01:26A note that 88% of the fees versed are directly at the insular family,
01:31while only 12% are perished in the form of tax.
01:34In addition, the cost of the accommodation is incredibly accessible.
01:38In 2024, it is raised to about 30 livres for a complete pension.
01:42In fact, Lille uses the Stirling,
01:45which is a British territory,
01:47but it also includes a local money,
01:50the Livest of Sainte-Hélène,
01:52equivalent to the Stirling.
01:53Incidentally, this is about 80 years
01:56that Lille has begun to use liquid money.
01:58In 1942, the base naval has introduced
02:01the payment of taxes,
02:03allowing the inhabitants of Tristan
02:05to pass from an economy of stock to a monetary system.
02:08This changement has also offered the possibility
02:10to make their first purchase in money.
02:13In addition to advice,
02:15prepare everything you could have needed before leaving,
02:18because you certainly don't find an hyper-marché on the floor.
02:21To be clear,
02:23there is quite a super-at,
02:24but it does not look at the interminable layers
02:27filled with gigantic pots of mayonnaise
02:29that you may have perhaps used to.
02:31The store of Tristan D'Acuna,
02:33often designated as the supermarket,
02:36has no vitrines in verts
02:37nor publicity flamboyante.
02:39To be honest,
02:40there is more than enough
02:41a abandoned garage view of the exterior.
02:44But in spite of its modest appearance,
02:46he plays an essential role
02:47in offering products of first need
02:49to complete the local denrées.
02:51The residents need to order
02:52their articles months ahead,
02:54this happens with the rare ships.
02:57This store is open
02:58from Monday to Monday.
02:59The inhabitants still live today
03:02their own vegetables
03:02and live from bétail.
03:04The supermarket is becoming
03:05an indispensable resource
03:07for products such as
03:08the flour,
03:09the sugar,
03:10or even the denrées
03:11of various recipes,
03:12including the food
03:13and the typical
03:14British or South African markets.
03:17Even though the economy
03:18of the island
03:19is mainly based on the fishing,
03:21particularly the langoustes,
03:23the islands remain
03:24largely autosuffisant.
03:26We are now
03:27towards another destination
03:29as hard to reach.
03:30But this time,
03:31the challenge is even bigger.
03:33It is the famous
03:35Hypoxia City,
03:36the name given to the place
03:37where oxygen is the most rare
03:38on earth.
03:39Of course,
03:40it is not just a sobriquet.
03:42Its true name is
03:43La Rinconada,
03:44located in Pérou.
03:45To reach La Rinconada,
03:47you have to travel
03:48more than 5 kilometers
03:49in the mountains,
03:50which has nothing
03:50to the most high city
03:52in the world.
03:53Despite its difficult access,
03:55it is a very important population
03:57that Tristan d'Acuna
03:58between 30,000 and 50,000 inhabitants.
04:01While the isolated
04:02is a certain idyllic
04:04the city peruvian
04:05of La Rinconada
04:06has a very different reality.
04:09The urban landscape
04:09is composed
04:10essentiellement
04:11of low buildings
04:13with large amounts
04:13of resources
04:14large enough.
04:15La Rinconada
04:16has no fixtures
04:18in eau courant
04:19nor a system
04:20of assainment.
04:20The absence of
04:21collecting
04:22of the residents
04:23to destroy
04:24or to enter them
04:26until the beginning
04:27of 2000,
04:28La Rinconada
04:28does not benefit
04:29from access to electricity.
04:31Most of the goods,
04:33including
04:33the essential goods
04:33including the food
04:34essential goods,
04:35are made out of the outside.
04:37Even though it was
04:38an origin of a mining city,
04:40it offers today
04:41a variety of economic activities.
04:43Some are oriented
04:44to the commerce,
04:46whether food,
04:47clothes,
04:48clothes or other goods,
04:49while others
04:50offer various services
04:51or public toilets.
04:53From an architecture point
04:54the architecture
04:55the Rinconada
04:56has very few to offer.
04:58The landscape
04:58is dominated by
04:59small cabanes
05:00and small
05:00often unstable
05:02and ronged
05:03by the roof.
05:04This choice
05:05of materials
05:05depends on
05:06practical considerations.
05:08These metallic
05:08are light
05:09and easy to transport
05:11to the glacier
05:12by the miners.
05:12But the city
05:14is not available.
05:14are not available
05:14to the
05:15glacier.
05:18The buildings
05:19are available
05:20to the
05:21isolated
05:21as well.
05:23Some houses
05:25more robust
05:26exist,
05:27but are rare
05:28and are mainly occupied
05:29by the miners
05:30more fortunate.
05:31If the architecture
05:32of the Rinconada
05:33allows to
05:34desire,
05:34these panoramas,
05:35they,
05:36they,
05:36they,
05:36they,
05:36they,
05:36they,
05:37they,
05:37they,
05:38they,
05:38very hard...
05:41to admire the Bella Durmiante, or Belle au Bois Dormant, a majestic glacier which dominates the
05:46landscape. At the Rinconada is far from being simple. The first step is to take a flight
05:53for the international airport Alejandro Velasco Astete, in Cusco, in Pérou. Once in Cusco,
05:59you can take a train or a bus in direction of Puno, located near the lake Titicaca. It is
06:05from there that things are going on. To climb to the Rinconada, you must often count on
06:10the autostop or find a vehicle in direction of the mountains. There may be some buses,
06:15but they don't follow any precise hours. If you are adventurous, you can buy a car. But
06:20attention, the routes are often accidents and difficult to travel. A bit of prudence is
06:25therefore indispensable for this expedition. Contrairement to Tristan D'Acuna, who adopted
06:30the liquid money in the 1940s, the Rinconada is little on the money. Her economy is almost
06:36exclusively on the mines d'or, which are not monitored, not regulated, and often
06:41very dangerous. The miners work according to a system of CACOREO.
06:46For 30 days, they extract the minerai without being paid. Then, the 31st day, they can
06:52take all the minerai that they can share in the guise of unique remuneration.
06:56The Rinconada does not have a bank, but several transfers of money
07:01allow the miners to send money to their families. However, the amounts vary
07:06enormously, because the CACOREO is not a fixed salary. It is a question of chance,
07:12the SUERTE. Our next destination is the Svalbard, a land that could
07:17seem inhospitalia in due to its rigorous climate. However, its inhabitants
07:22accueillent everyone with heat and without formalities. No visa is necessary to visit or even work on the place.
07:29Située aux confins du monde, Svalbard séduit par son charme unique et solitaire.
07:35La capital, Longyearbyenne, héberge une communauté remarquablement variée, avec plus de 50 nationalités
07:42représentées parmi ses 2400 habitants. Et il n'est pas rare de croiser un ours polaire qui
07:48s'aventure parfois en ville. Les espaces de vie sont réduits, il n'y a qu'un seul supermarché, et
07:53les rues,
07:54numérotées plutôt que nommées, contribuent au charme singulier de la ville.
07:59Longyearbyenne dispose également d'un centre universitaire accueillant environ 300 étudiants.
08:04Fait surprenant, tous doivent apprendre à manier des armes à feu, une mesure de
08:08sécurité indispensable dans la nature sauvage environnante. Fondée initialement comme ville
08:13minière, à l'instar de la Rinconada, Longyearbyenne s'est désormais tournée majoritairement vers le
08:18tourisme. Pourtant, une coutume originale de l'époque minière persiste. Visiteurs et habitants
08:23retirent leurs chaussures en entrant dans les hôtels et les restaurants, une habitude destinée à préserver
08:28les lieux de la poussière de charbon. Notre dernière destination aujourd'hui est l'île Palmerstone,
08:33un atoll corallien reculé des îles Cook, située à environ 470 kilomètres au nord-ouest de
08:40Rarotonga. Le célèbre explorateur James Cook y a accosté le 16 juin 1774, à une époque où l'île
08:48était inhabitée, bien que des tombes anciennes y aient sorti été découvertes. Aujourd'hui,
08:53l'île compte une petite communauté de seulement 25 habitants, descendant pour la plupart de William
08:58Marsters, un marin anglais du 19e siècle. Arrivé en 1863 avec deux épouses polynésiennes, il en a
09:06ensuite pris une troisième et a eu 23 enfants. La pêche constitue le pilier de l'économie locale,
09:12évoquant un mode de vie de subsistance en raison de l'isolement de l'île. Malgré cela, les habitants
09:17disposent de commodités modernes et de services de communication. Et, bien que l'île ne possède
09:22pas d'aéroport, des cargos y font escale à intervalles réguliers.
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