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A few background books and films recommendation.

posted 11 years ago by juanvazquez
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Back in the 60’s in the library of my old man I found the book “La isla de la Kon Tiki” (The Kon Tiki island) by Bengt Danielsson. At the time there was this series running on the local TV in Venezuela, called “Adventures in Paradise” (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052440/), featuring this guy, the captain of the sail ship “Tiki”. I guess the association of the name of the book and the ship, caught my interest, because I liked very much the series.

I enjoyed very much Danielsson’s narration of his return to Raroia and one full year of his life among the people of the island to which the Kon Tiki arrived in his trip.

Then someone of my family recommended to read the book “Kon Tiki”, by Heyerdhal, which I also read with pleasure.

Afterwards, by some circumstance, I read the book “Aku-Aku”, by the same Heyerdhal, about his trip and research on Rapa Nui (Easter Island). Very interesting piece of work.

Recently, in 2012, I had the opportunity to make it to Rapa Nui and it was a magical trip.

There is also a TV program by National Geographic “Kon-Tiki. The Incredible True Story”, (23 minutes), in queue to watch.

And also the film Rapa Nui, a recreation of the Easter Island, with many licenses. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110944/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

I still have to make it to Raroia ;-)

JV

[–] waldenpond88 10 years ago

We just watched "Kon-Tiki" last night and it's a very good film.
But after having read the books by Heyerdahl when I was young, I would be much more interested in movies made on "Aku Aku" and "Fatu Hiva" (the honeymoon year that he spent with his wife on a tropic island in 1937 when Heyerdahl was just 20 years old), especially because there are no documentaries available on "Aku Aku" or "Fatu Hiva".