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It was quite upsetting to read about the cargo cult. It just felt understandable. All these people who had come to visit their homeland, like they could understand they were being exploited, but couldn't understand quite how so. It felt so upsetting to hear that it felt that they were nwver doing enough and the white people were to get the cargo, and that by imitating them, they hopefully would too.

I really do like this book so far. I am learning a lot about traditions and customs from people in the pacific islands region. The chapter that I just finished (6) taught me about the pentecoste people from vanuatu and the jumping ceremony. Which was something enshrined into their culture, that I have never heard before. It was very interesting to read about. I also liked attenboroughs reflections on what he thought

I think that something that caught my attention from this chapter was attenboroughs view towards working. When the population in the forests of Papua New Guinea would work, they would do so only because they felt as such. He described it a 'ridiculous European way' to if someone were to put their mind to it, they could complete an axe in 2 or 3 weeks. Yet he recognised that was a totally different way of living feeli

Eek! I love this book so far. It's firmly back into non-fiction and that is where my heart lies. It lowkey feels like reading into a grandpas diary. Though maybe that's just because of my pre-idea of david attenborough already. It's nice though! It actually feels a bit more free flowing than my usual queer feminist reading. I guess I am able to listen more, rather than just read critically, I think. It feels like its