Tapuaetai is supposedly known to all as One Foot Island because, from the air, it resembles a left foot.
But I prefer the legend...
A tribe once attacked the main island and a man and his son escaped by canoe to an unnamed islet. The father carried the boy across the beach and hid him in a tall coconut tree. Then he paddled all the way to Rarotonga for help. When the attackers reached the islet they saw only one set of footprints on and off the island and they left. The boy remained safely hidden until his father returned with help. And from then on, the islet was known as One Foot Island.
Je suis un voyageur du monde. J'ai visité de nombreuses îles exclusives au cours de la dernière décennie comme les Seychelles, les îles Cook, Hawaï et la Polynésie française. Avec ma photographie, j'aime partager la beauté de ce monde dans votre maison ou votre bureau... En savoir plus…