Fatu Hiva
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Norwegian-born Thor Hyerdahl was disenchanted with the civilized world and desired a more primitive lifestyle. In 1938, he took a bride and set out for the wild and remote Marquesan Island of Fatu Hivaâminus all worldly possessions.
The couple stepped headlong into the unknownâmost notably the natives. But the once-hostile natives had abandoned their savage ways, allowing for a peaceful co-existence. A year later, the extreme hazards of island living won out over idealism, forcing the Hyerdahls to return to civilization.
Hyerdahlâs notion that he could shed his civilized cloak to live bare-skinned in paradise was foolhardy. Like Herman Melville,âŚ
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