Across the Pacific in a Raft
Posted in: Kontiki TravelAs you all know that Polynesian islands have great history and it is highly well-known by everyone. If you are aware of Polynesian islands, then you must have heard about the Kontiki Travel. It was the year 1947, when a Thor Heyderdahl a Norwegian explorer started its first rafting expedition. This expedition was really wonderful, when a raft started its journey from South America and reached safely to the Polynesia. If you turn back the pages of time, you can know and many people believe that South Americans populated Polynesia. This raft was designed with logs and different types of materials, keeping the style of Peruvian. Its length was forty five feet long and its mast was closed to thirty feet tall. Bamboo sticks were used to make its cabin and was shaded with banana leaves.
Kontiki Travel gave a hut look and there were no metal materials used for this rafting. Total six men started their journey on-board and carried tropical foods and other living sources. For diet food, they caught sea foods and had a great journey. From a record it has been found that this raft sailed for hundred and one days and more than four thousand and three hundred miles. After reaching their destiny, they went to a near by village. There they had a feast and joined the traditional cultural dance.
Soon Kontiki Travel moved to Tahiti and ended its journey. It was a mind-boggling experience for those travelers. Today, this raft is being kept in Oslo Norway in the famous Kontiki Museum. After accomplishing the journey, Heyerdahl was all set and wrote a book about the traveling experience. He titled the book as “Kon-Tiki – Across the Pacific in a Raft”. This book became so famous that is was awarded as the bestseller. If you want to know more about this great expedition, then take the help of the online medium.