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[♪ ominous music playing]

[shouting indistinctly]

[shouting angrily]

[incoherent shouting]

[chattering angrily]

[Petra] Are you frightened? We were.

We had just entered
the sacred ground of cannibals.

For centuries
a very secret ritual was performed

by the most distinguished
men of the tribe.

It is forbidden to set foot in here
without the explicit permission

of the last descendant,
the keeper of the place.

[Libor] Our host explains to us,
a blow with a flat hardwood projectile

knocks the victim unconscious.

Hard wood, flat head.

[indistinct] ...on the head,
knock the back off, come back down.

Save you climbing trees.

[Petra] Do you really only use wood?

Yes. Wood or they use the black palm.

[Libor] Perhaps I should translate.
Mostly a black palm wood.

Victims of enemy tribes
were hanging in this place.

[birds chirping]

[♪ tense music playing]

[shell blows]

[soft tapping on wood]

[rhythmic drumming]

- [festive singing]
- [rhythmic drumming]

[Libor] Tribes living in Malekula island

differ from each other
by the size of your penis sheaths.

Big Nambas have larger ones.

Each village has its own customs, specific
decorations and storytelling dances.

Children mimic adults,
learning new skills and customs.

[water rushing]

[♪ serene music playing]

[Libor] In unspoiled nature
time takes on a different dimension.

[Petra] During any encounter
one must be careful and respectful.

Here, everyone
closely guards their territory.

- [shell blows]
- [drum beating]

[indistinct conversations]

[Petra] The Chief of Small Nambas
from Malekula island

invited us to eat the popular laplap.

We dare not refuse it.

[indistinct chattering]

[Libor] To fill bamboo with food
is an inherited skill.

Until recently, the ancestors
even managed to stuff in there

a missionary now and again.

[slow drum beating]

Matches are obviously
not missed by anyone here.

[overlapping conversations]

[Petra] Palm fronds are
the basic building block

for Vanuatu natives.

Anything from roofs, sleeping mats,
baskets to toys are made of it.

[drum beating continues]

[distant conversations]

[Petra] The food is almost ready.

I suppose we're the only ones
concerned about washing our hands.

Laplaps cook under hot lava stones,
just like in an oven.

Yams mixed with water
and mashed into a paste

are wrapped into banana leaves
and mixed with vegetables,

coconut milk and cooked meat.

We all break off
small pieces of baked dough

and dip them into coconut sauce.

[laughs softly]

[Petra] The taste of coconut
and smoke is overpowering.

The food was so light,
nobody feels like resting.

Perhaps to the contrary...

- [festive singing]
- [rhythmic chiming]

[singing fades out]

[Libor] This is Malekula airport.

The larger of the 82 islands
of Vanuatu archipelago

can also be reached by plane.

Flights are guaranteed not to be boring.

[engine humming]

[Libor] After such a long and lengthy trip

it merely takes a few short meters
to enter a completely different world.

[♪ peaceful music playing]

[soft breathing through regulator]

[Petra] With only a narrow beam of light
to guide us, we feel like space travelers.

With their lavish appearance
some stars are easily spotted,

while others require
a more thorough search.

Their camouflage blends seamlessly
with the coral landscape.

Being surrounded by total darkness

makes it easier for me to focus
even on the smallest of them.

[♪ peaceful music continues]

[Libor] Only motion betrays
these leaf fish;

they are masters of camouflage.

[Petra] You won't find such colors
and ornamentation on dry land.

I often wish I could take some of this
underwater splendor home with me.

Perhaps that's why
I no longer dive without a camera.

[♪ peaceful music continues]

[♪ peaceful music continues]

[♪ music fades out]

[Libor] The morning tide
helps young shell gatherers.

The small change they make
by selling them to tourists

is a welcome contribution
to their parents in hard times.

[♪ upbeat music plays in the background]

[distant conversations]

[Libor] Compared
to the small sea side stalls,

the central market of the capital,
Port Vila, is always busy.

Farmers from all around
come here to offer their crops.

For the locals, small-scale farming is
one of the main ways to make a living.

[overlapping conversations]

[distant conversations]

[♪ upbeat music playing]

[Libor] We are heading
for Tranquility Island.

It is a paradise not only for divers
but also for sea turtles.

[♪ upbeat music continues]

We are welcomed by the always
good-humored Owen

who looks after the sea turtles here
in an unusual resort hidden in the bush.

Village people bring him young
hawksbill turtles and he looks after them

until their own shells
grow strong enough to protect them.

It is sadly ironic

that they have been on Earth
several million years longer than we have,

yet man is the reason for them
being on the brink of extinction.

With the help of some of the locals,

Owen provides them a refuge during
the most vulnerable period of their lives.

[♪ playful music playing]

[Petra] However, his protégés
must wait to be freed.

There you go.

[♪ playful music continues]

Okay...

Out of the tank
and into the deep blue sea.

[Petra] Naturally we named the turtle
Escape to Nature

and she is just one year old today.

It is a big day for her.
Today she will experience the wild!

Okay now, as I was saying before,

we've taken the tag numbers there,
on the clipboard,

and these will be recorded.

And we wish to do this

because of the ongoing, uh,
publicity we require

to help save the turtle.

Coming here and letting us
show you a turtle or three

and also to release this turtle.

[♪ playful music continues]

[♪ soft music playing]

[♪ soft music continues]

[Petra] We have something in common
with Owen's turtles.

Today we too are about
to discover this wonderful world.

[♪ soft music continues]

[Libor] Owen has noticed
the turtles remain in Vanuatu waters

for some five years

before they set off
for longer ocean voyages.

If they are lucky,
they can live more than 50 years.

During the 11 years
Owen has been following the freed turtles

he had received information
of them reaching as far as Fiji

and Australia's Byron Bay,
almost 2,000 kilometers away.

[♪ soft music continues]

Most of a hawksbill's life
is spent among the coral reefs.

They are loners and only seek a partner
during the mating season,

every two or three years.

Then they lay up to 140 eggs.

However, only about four
survive until maturity.

[♪ soft music continues]

[Petra] Fortunately, my flash
doesn't disturb a hawksbill

from enjoying its favorite delicacy:
sea sponge,

this one found under the old coral.

When she cannot find sponge
she makes do with plants and reef animals.

Their strong shell deter many predators,

yet the turtles do become prey
of some sharks, crocodiles

and turtle hunters.

[♪ soft music continues]

Danger awaits these beautiful animals
even before they are hatched.

For many people, even locals, turtle eggs
remain a sought-after delicacy.

[Libor] We say goodbye to our turtle.

It would be wonderful to meet her again

in some other beautiful place
in the Pacific.

[insects buzzing]

[Libor] You can easily find a copra plant;
just follow the smell of burnt coconut.

Cut in half, the coconut
is dried over an open fire

to harvest the coconut flesh
from the shell.

The flesh is then used to make
coconut oil and other products.

No larger community is complete
without a little plot to grow yams,

an overgrown type of potato,
and without a piggy.

Often it is cared for almost like a pet.

[♪ upbeat guitar melody playing]

[Petra] This is kava.

When a man wants to talk to another man
about a serious matter

they don't go for a beer.
They go for kava.

And kava is not a coffee.

It is made of a pepper plant

and is so bitter
that your head might spin.

It brings on a feeling of light headedness
and it makes your tongue numb...

and that is the point of it.

[laughing]

- Uh... [burps]
- [cheering]

[women singing]

[Libor] Women
from the Northern Bank Islands

loosen up in a different way.

They perform on Oyster Island
and happily entertained us

with a song called "Morning Star."

[singing continues]

[♪ serene music playing]

[Libor] Oyster Island preservation is
at an estuary where river meets the sea.

Its name is derived from the mangroves
whose roots are an ideal place for oysters

and provide cover for various sea animals.

It is also the gateway
to sail up the river

for the legendary Blue Hole
of Espíritu Santo island.

[Petra] This shining blue spectacle
of perfection is due to a physical law.

Just like in the sea,
the reds of the color spectrum

are gradually absorbed by the depth.

Here, water seeping
through the limestone walls of the cave

is filtered crystal clear so one can see
the bottom to a great depth.

And the result is
a beautiful, shining, turquoise blue.

[♪ upbeat music playing]

[Libor] While traveling
around Vanuatu archipelago

we met many people whose lives have been
radically changed from living here.

New Zealander Megan
left her position as a bank clerk

to help animals needing her help.

She found Dracula
when he fell out of a nest

and, to this day,
he is somewhat attached to her.

[Megan] Here we go.

[♪ gentle music playing]

Ooh!

[Petra] Her biggest love,
however, are her horses.

They were found in pitiful condition
and she nursed them back to health.

[♪ gentle music continues]

[Petra] Preparing our diving and filming
gear often reminds me of an army exercise.

We are getting ready to explore
a significant location of interest

for divers interested in war history.

[soft breathing through regulator]

[Libor] This dive is
a journey through time.

We discover a witness of war,

who perhaps mapped strategic positions
of the participating troops.

[♪ ambient music playing]

In the wreckage of the plane,
an SB Douglas Dauntless Dive Bomber,

we find the propeller, the engine

and remnants of what were wings.

[Petra] The wreck is now colonized
by dozens of undersea creatures.

They also find shelter at the site
where the aerial cameraman lens

recorded events on the battlefield.

[♪ ambient music continues]

[Libor] During the Second World War,

the island of Espíritu Santo
was an important base for the US military,

housing almost 100,000 soldiers.

When the base closed it tidied up
after itself in a very effective way:

all of their leftover supplies
and equipment were pushed into the sea.

[Petra] The result
of the army style clean-up

is an extensive "underwater exposition"
of tractors, excavators, jeeps

and other equipment.

The location is aptly known as
"Million Dollar point"

and to this day
the island profits from it.

It attracts a great number
of divers and snorkelers.

[♪ gentle music playing]

[♪ gentle music continues]

[soft breathing through regulator]

[Libor] In the peace
of this underwater silence

we are swimming through
the noisiest history of the island.

[♪ ambient music playing]

[♪ ambient music continues]

[Libor] Not all the traces
could be swept underwater, though.

The Americans left behind
a large infrastructure of roads,

airports, harbors and concrete buildings

which, to this day, serve Vanuatu,

making it easier for visitors
to explore the island.

The question is, whether this will remain
a benefit in the future.

[♪ upbeat music playing]

[Petra] News spread
that Dr. Alan Profke and his wife Debra

organized a day for the locals

in their private clinic
on Aore island today.

Sandy, the boat taxi man,
brings them from the surrounding islands.

Debbie and Alan
have returned from Australia

with a surprise for the local women.

[Debbie] We have some wonderful
supporters in Australia,

one of which, just of late, um,

a friend who has a lingerie store
where we come from in Australia,

donated many, many bras for the ladies.

So she has done
a small promotion in her store

to encourage people
to bring in their older bras

and promote buying a new bra

but the donated bras
would come to Vanuatu.

And she asked me
if I would distribute them for her

and I was really happy about this

because I know how much
the ladies love good bras.

[Libor] Dr. Alan explains
to all of his new patients

the basic rules of prevention.

Avoid the three white poisons:
white flour, white sugar and white rice.

Most of the new health problems
that face ethnic people

have been caused by the change
in their diet and eating habits,

frequently appearing in new diseases
to the locals such as diabetes,

cancer and gum disease.

...shops are going to sell that to them.

So, 80% of the world
still use traditional medicines.

So 80% of the world's population
is still using herbal medicine

and, uh, you know, bush medicine

or medicines that have been
handed down through the centuries.

Uh... They're, uh, losing a lot of this...

culture and custom

with the advent of allopathic medicine.

I'm certainly not suggesting

that allopathic medicine
is wrong for them.

What I am saying is that their traditional
medicines have some value.

They have sustained them
for hundreds and hundreds of years.

That in conjunction
with allopathic medicine

surely has to be
the best provision of healthcare.

Okay, turn it this way. Stretch it out.

It's sore here.

- Pulling more down? Yes?
- Yes.

Yeah, good, it may make it
more inflamed and more painful, uh?

[Libor] One of Dr. Alan's patients
is a football legend.

In 2010 the Vanuatu football team

miraculously made it
to the World Cup qualifying level.

[Petra] Sandy, the boat taxi man,

lives with his family
in a traditional way on the land

which belongs to Dr. Profke's family.

When the Profkes are away
he takes care of the property.

The running of their clinic
is financed by income

from charter sails they organize.

They host events at home in Australia
to raise finances to bring medicine,

hygienic supplies
and children's school supplies to Vanuatu.

In other words,
things which are scarce here.

[Libor] Alan and Debra invited us along
to explore the most interesting places

they have discovered so far.

Some of these places
white man has not set foot on before.

They also promised to show us
some unexplored reefs and cliffs.

Diving in such places
attracts us the most.

[♪ gentle music playing]

[♪ hopeful music playing]

[♪ serene music playing]

[♪ serene music continues]

[Petra] I can warm up for a minute
over the flow of hot water

which rises from the springs here.

A long wait for the right shot
made me chilly.

Vanuatu archipelago
is in a volcanically active region.

Tanna island even has an active volcano

and one can take a look into its crater.

[♪ serene music continues]

During a decompression break

we unexpectedly met a local
who performed a diver's caper.

We will be using some water.

[Libor] While Alan was making the sail
into a water catcher

to get some rain water

we heard the howl
of an exhausted castaway.

He might be hungry!

[grunts]

Oh!

Sweet boy.

He looks a bit of a mess
with his whiskers.

He might have run away in the bush
and they couldn't find him.

Come on. [snapping fingers]

[Libor] Crusoe, as we named him,

swam after us every time
we tried to return him to shore

and so he became a new crew member.

We wondered if he knew he could have lost
his life by deciding to reach us

using his last remaining strength.

[♪ upbeat music playing]

[incoherent chattering]

[Petra] We came across
a family from New Zealand

who were anchored at the southern
tip of Maewo island.

As soon as we too dropped anchor,

the local baker didn't miss the chance
to sell us some of his goodies

to accompany our catch.

Alan and Debbie have friends among
the village people they visit regularly

and by communicating with them often
they know how they can help them.

[soft chattering]

[kids laughing and shouting]

[chattering in the distance]

[Petra] We can stay longer
on some of the more remote islands,

giving us a chance to get to know
the locals and their way of life better.

[hens murmuring]

[Petra] Erika offers accommodation
in simple but charming little houses.

Compared to local dwellings, these are
decorated and have concrete floors.

[Libor] Walking through the bush,
children come to school from far and wide.

Along with English and math,

teachers reinforce the children's
awareness of their indigenous culture

and try to prepare them for their
encounters with the outside world,

knowing that otherwise
the children may not manage to retain

their own local cultural values.

[distant conversations]

[Petra] Unfortunately, the progress
of civilization will not stop

just because we from busy cities
would like it that way.

They covet things from the outside world,
both useful and just entertaining.

Fortunately, they also realize that
it is their authentic culture and values,

their harmony with nature
and with each other,

that bring visitors to the islands.

[Libor] Members of this family
have come together

to help build a house for a young couple.

They prepare bamboo sticks
to make wall screens,

which at the same time will provide
an interesting interior design.

[exclaims softly]

[♪ gentle music playing]

[Petra] Each island has a place
that is in some way important or sacred

for the Ni-Vanuatu.

Moon Cave is one of those spots
and Ben Willy is already expecting us.

[Ben talking indistinctly]

[Libor] Legend has it that the moon cave
is where the moon was born.

[Ben continues chattering]

[Libor] A long time ago,

the moon was inside the cave
and there was no way in or out.

Then one day an old man
appeared inside the cave

and saw the moon hanging from the ceiling.

He called the moon to him
and threw it to the south.

That broke through the southern entrance.

However, the moon
has returned to the old man

and he threw it to the north
and broke through a second entrance.

Ever since then it is possible
to float through the cave

but the moon has not come back
and remained in the sky.

[Petra] Islanders place pebbles

under the dripping stalactites
of this cave:

one pebble for each member of the family.

The calcium enriched water
bind the pebbles together,

thus bonding the family as well.

[Ben chattering]

[Libor] People who lived
in the 18th century left us a message.

All that was important for them
they scraped into the rock.

From their time comes this ship.

It was the first ship they ever saw.

It is likely it was
Captain James Cook's ship

on its voyage
from Pentecost island to Santo island.

[♪ soft music playing]

[Petra] It's almost impossible
to not fall in love with the natives

and their way of life,

making each "goodbye"
as painful as leaving one's own home.

Divya found her new family on Maewo island

when she was here
with the American Peace Corps.

After a year, her mission is now over.

She says she will never forget
the many evenings

of exchanging stories
with the local Chieftan.

[♪ soft music continues]

[Libor] She admits that such encounters
are often more valuable for the islanders

than material gifts.

Alan and Debbie always find time
to talk about what's up.

Their acceptance by the people
provides them insight to places

like hidden waterfalls,

which they otherwise
would have never known about.

In any case, it's always good manners here
to ask the Chief for permission

to enter places which belong to him.

[♪ serene music playing]

[Petra] Dr. Alan uses a spare moment
for his medical mission.

This time,
something pleasant and fragrant.

[♪ serene music continues]

[Libor] The more islands
of the Vanuatu archipelago we visit,

the more we feel that even if we spent
the rest of our lives exploring

there would never be enough.

What is the norm on one island
does not necessarily apply on another.

However, in our eyes,
they all have one thing in common:

the extraordinary openness
and kindness of the locals.

Debbie and Alan explain more.

[Debbie] The desire
to dive the President Coolidge

was always in Alan's heart

and when he suggested that
I thought, yes, let's do it.

So, little did we know
what was ahead of us.

And we came
and fell in love with this place.

And realized we could help and give back.

The Coolidge was originally a luxury liner
owned by the President line.

At the beginning of World War II,
it was requisitioned by the government

to act as a troop carrier.

It's a ship of over 200 meters in length
and it is only 300 meters from the shore,

making it one of the largest
and most accessible dive wrecks

anywhere in the world.

[Petra] We study the schematics
of the wreck and then plan our route.

[planes rumbling overhead]

[gunfire rattling]

[Petra] In 1942 SS President Coolidge
sailed to Luganville,

the capital of Espiritu Santo.

It managed to hit its own American mine,

not once, but twice,
due to poor navigation.

The captain tried to save the ship
by running it onto the reef.

The ship, however,
skidded over it and sank.

Practically
all of the 5,440 soldiers and crew

managed to survive.

Only four souls were lost in the calamity.

[♪ gentle music playing]

[♪ gentle music continues]

[distant echoing explosions]

[♪ gentle music continues]

[Petra] Many decades
after the ship was scuttled and sank,

much of the original furnishings
remain intact.

Even the chandeliers in the first class
smoking salon still have their bulbs.

[♪ gentle music continues]

[Libor] The Lady with a Unicorn.

This colorful porcelain mosaic
attached to the dining room ceiling

silently remains,

her beauty on display
some 43 meters under the sea.

This masterpiece revealed herself to Alan
Powter many years after the ship sunk.

Alan was examining the wreck
piece by piece

using one of Jacques Cousteau's
first apparatuses.

Protected by wooden planks like
a chastity belt held in place for decades,

she freed herself for Alan.

What an encounter that must have been.

This beauty parlor was first used

for fancy hairstyles
of aristocratic ladies

and then later
the much simpler buzz cut of soldiers.

[Petra] The ship's swimming pool more
than likely saw its share of debauchery

for smart ladies and gentlemen.

- [distant conversations]
- [clicking glasses]

[Libor] For many people,

seeing the mysterious Lady
in the depths of her watery grave

is the main reason to visit
the Vanuatu Islands.

I too was bewitched
by this charming beauty.

Yet, I longed to see more.

To look at the ship's name,
now overgrown by corals and sea weed,

I had to dive 66 meters.

From this depth I would experience one
of my longest returns to the surface...

And treasure every second.

[♪ festive music playing in the distance]

[♪ music grows louder]

[♪ music fades out]