Woman, 21, reveals what it’s really like to live on one of the most remote islands in the world – which has a population of just 50 people and can only be reached ONCE by boat

Fishing, welcoming the occasional cruise passenger, waiting for supplies and admiring nature: this is life on one of the most remote islands in the world.

Torika Christian, 21, shares snippets of her life on Pitcairn via TikTok and she tells DailyMail.com that the remote rock in the South Pacific is a “unique” place to live and “probably the smallest community in the world, so you know everyone inside and out.”

On the Earth’s surface, where about fifty people live, there is no real port or airstrip, so access to the outside world depends solely on two sturdy steel ships used to transport people and cargo to and from ships offshore .

Torika says she likes the island life with “fishing, diving and the community environment,” and there aren’t really any negatives, although she says she sometimes wishes they had a “nail technician or hair salon on the island, like every girl” . likes a bit of glamour!’

Pitcairn – which is just two miles long and a mile wide – was discovered by the British in 1767 and settled by the mutineers of HMS Bounty in 1789.

It is now Britain’s only overseas territory in the region.

Torika is an eighth generation descendant of the English sailor Fletcher Christian who led the mutiny on the Bounty in 1789 and took control of the ship from Lieutenant William Bligh.

While some mutineers remained in Tahiti, Christian and eight other mutineers found refuge on Pitcairn, bringing with them six Polynesian men and twelve women.

The island’s capital, Adamstown, located above Bounty Bay and reached by the aptly named road The Hill of Difficulty, is named after the last surviving mutineer, John Adams.

Torika says if you live on Pitcairn, you should “definitely be comfortable with isolation.”

“Growing up here on the island, the isolation was something I never really paid attention to until I spent my high school years abroad in New Zealand,” she said.

‘In New Zealand I discovered that there is a way out whenever you want. You could jump on a plane to Australia, America or wherever you want.

‘Here on Pitcairn we have a supply ship called the Silver Supporter that sails weekly between the island and the Gambier Islands. This arrives on Thursday and leaves on Sunday, taking tourists and locals with it.

‘The return cost for tourists is NZ$5,500 ($3,440).

‘If you don’t catch that Sunday ship, you’ll have to wait another week.

“However, sometimes the wait time can be up to five weeks as the same ship sails to New Zealand approximately every three months to deliver mail, food supplies, medical supplies and general cargo.”

As for facilities on the island, there is a small shop selling everything from warehouse parts to frozen foods, an old prison converted into a tourist office, a library and a gym, and there is a medical center with a dental room, a small department and an X-ray machine.

For major medical needs, islanders generally go to Tahiti, where there are better dental and medical facilities.

There is also a school on the island, but Torika says it is currently closed because the only two children living there are being taught abroad.

While she attended school abroad in New Zealand for five years and began a nursing course, Torika said she eventually became homesick and decided to return to Pitcairn.

Today she helps run her family business, Pitkern Islen Enterprisesthat sells handmade wood carvings, replica wooden ships and travel guides through an online store.

They also have a small one-bedroom chalet that they rent to visitors for $300 a night, and a quad bike rental.

To earn extra income, Torika has a number of side jobs, including part-time work for the government and loading freight ships.

When asked what her average day is like on Pitcairn, Torika says: “If I wake up in the morning and the weather is good, I can go fishing.

‘If it rains, I can go gardening or just stay at home. The work life here is very flexible.

“We work enough to pay our bills, but with a wage of $10 an hour, on a good day we would rather enjoy our home and the nature God has blessed us with.”

While food supplies are brought to the island by ship, Torika says the waters around Pitcairn are rich in fish and there is plenty to do.

One of the local dishes is ‘pickfish’, a recipe that has been ‘cooked and passed down through several generations’.

Torika talks about the dish: ‘The fish meat is boiled in water, any bones are removed and then it is shredded.

‘In a frying pan the spring onion or regular onion is fried and then the grated cooked fish is added and shaken until the fish is light brown.

‘Younger generations have also started adding a touch of curry to the dish to make it a bit spicier.

“We have several other traditional meals, but this is my favorite.”

Looking ahead, Torika says “repopulation” is something Pitcairn desperately needs if it is to survive.

She muses: “We need more people for a sustainable future for Pitcairn.

‘That’s just the reality. But we need willing, community-minded people. Not people who want to come here and just isolate themselves from the community and be alone.

“For someone moving to Pitcairn, you have to be comfortable with a small community. The fact that someone knows where you’re going all the time just by the sound of your quad bike is the reality of a small island community – you might look at that as a bad thing, but it’s really something I don’t like. brand.

‘When you live here, you really have a feeling of independence.

‘At Pitcairn you are everything: the plumber, the electrician, the mechanic, the builder.

‘Living on an island so remote that you have to learn all these crafts to be able to live. But if you don’t, you always have someone to help you.

“Pitcairn people are also very hospitable.”

Pitcairn is the only inhabited island of the Pitcairn Islands Group, the other outcrops being Henderson, Ducie and Oeno.

In an effort to boost the population, the government is offering migrants free land on which to build homes. Residence permits can be obtained by completing a ‘settlement agreement’ form.

When asked what Pitcairn’s main attractions are, Torika concludes: ‘This place is paradise.

‘We welcome everyone with open arms and after being away for a while I know I wouldn’t want to live anywhere else.’