A pioneering tourist made his way to the most closed island in the world to show the natives cola and coconut. Spoiler: he didn’t meet anyone and got a criminal record.
The daredevil was 24-year-old Mikhail Polyakov from America. The guy took an inflatable boat with a motor and went to North Sentinel Island, which is located in the Indian Ocean, not far from the Indian Andaman Islands. I took a can of soda and a coconut with me – I wanted to establish contact with foreigners. By the way, the guys there are not the friendliest – unexpected guests are often killed and burned at the stake. Really dangerous.
In short, he never met the Sentinelese, so he filmed the area, left the offering on the sand and swam back. He was met on the shore by Indian police. They found out that the tourist had previously come to Baratang Island and illegally filmed the Jarawa tribe. As a result, a criminal case was opened against him for violating the protection of the rights of indigenous peoples.
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