Fanning Island Home

We saw a local man building a new hut. As I took this picture, he moved behind a tree. I did not realize this until I downloaded the picture to my PC. You can see his arm coming out from behind the tree.

This picture gives you an idea of the homes on Fanning Island. This is fairly typical. We saw some that seemed a bit more solid than this, but many were like this: open sided huts made of natural material. Others were of similar design but had walls.

Visiting a place like this brings with it a lot of mixed emotions. Should you be jealous of these people because they have such a simple life? Or should you feel sad for them that they do not have many of the modern devices that you enjoy? Truthfully, their life is likely more hard than simple, and we get more stress than enjoyment from our modern toys. Life is never simple, and we all have our own problems.