Just a few more hours and then there’s a big party! All morning Gaméla and Sisoi are walking around with smiling faces. Several families have gathered specially for the party in the bay of Saint Martin’s Cove, near Cape Horn. …
After several days of traveling, they see an abandoned hut on the coast. That’s the location they choose. The hut is situated between two huge piles of empty mussel shells. Father and Sisoi pull their canoe very close to it …
The canoe sails along a rocky island. Sisoi’s father inspects the steep cliffs. Suddenly he points upward: “Son look, there!” With his eagle-eyed sight he can see bird nests. He counts four, five, up to ten on that one cliff …
The sea is calm. Two canoes will go out to sea. Besides their parents, the neighbours will also be gone to search for food. Sisoi and Gaméla stay on the beach. Gaméla takes care of the neighbours’ baby. She loves …
Sisoi listens to his father who is talking with their temporary neighbour. The neighbour gives a helping hand with the repairs on the canoe. The neighbours had a long journey before they arrived, coming all the way from the other …
Today is a lazy day. Gaméla leans against her mother who is preparing food near the fire. When her mother bends down her necklace tinkles. Gaméla stares at the middle link: a red snail home between rosy coloured shells hanging …