The Island You can EAT

now all the islands can be easily

tracked by coordinates but it's not the

case with these Peruvian Islands these

floating islands occupy a corner of Lake

Titicaca the world's most navigable Lake

the cool thing about Euro silence is

that these eyelets are human made they

were built by layering Totoro roots and

Reeds tutora is water resistant and it

can be used for making boats roofs

mattresses and more also these eyelets

are kind of edible you heard me right

the plant the islands are made of can be

eaten and its flowers can be used to

make tea now there's a serious downside

though every 15 to 20 days the Reeds

composing the islets rot so they need to

be replaced with new ones and it's an

endless cycle of work and repair as it's

human made it's more of a boat than an

island plus the Titicaca Waters can be

pretty turbulent so the locals needed to

find a way to stop the islands from

constantly drifting away

to do that please take eucalyptus rods

into the bottom of the lake and these

rods serve as anchors now despite the

tininess of these eyelets there are two

languages spoken in this territory this

one and that one neither of which I can

speak hence the subtitles also people

living there are pretty self-sufficient

they can even weave their own fabric and

make stunning outfits out of them forget

about Mass Market gloves today Euros

islands are quite modern there are solar

panels to give just enough power for

light and even TVs there's a radio

station on the main island and the best

part is that the locals even rent lodges

to tourists yup you can book everything

online

ever since ancient times people have

always been looking for the secrets of

longevity it turns out that there's

actually a conveyor belt of centenarians

not a conveyor belt for sure but rather

a geographic area famous for its

inhabitants beating all the longevity

records so let's go on a trip to Okinawa

no visa and tickets are required plus

you won't get jet lagged so Okinawa has

a nickname the Hawaii of Japan but we

need to differentiate two concepts here

the Okinawa prefecture which is made up

of more than 160 islands and the main

island which is also called Okinawa by

the way if you ever want to get to this

island or any neighboring ones you'll

need to hop on a ferret for those people

who dislike winter Okinawa is the

perfect destination for you even in its

colder months the temperatures there can

reach 68 degrees Fahrenheit yep and

ocean water is also pretty inviting in

addition to perfect weather conditions

they also seem to have a perfect diet in

that archipelago the thing is this place

is a Melting Pot of Cuisines there's a

strong Chinese influence here so you'll

easily find Chinese Delicacies on any

menu if you're more into noodles then

you can treat yourself to soba noodles

taco rice is also popular there and they

have their particular type of seaweed

the sea grapes they say it's the rich

diet in tofu yam and seaweed that makes

people in this area live longer than

average now there's already enough to

make you want to visit this awesome

place but here are some more cool facts

about Okinawa for one the first cherry

blossoms can be found here it's already

possible to see the first petals in

mid-January and this Locale is the

birthplace of karate so Chop Chop off we

go to the next destination

this is a football field let's cut it in

two halves look at one of the resulting

halves now imagine 100 people living

there they say Hong Kong is the busiest

place on our planet but mcgingo Island

seems to be no less busy than that

different sources provide different

information some of them say that there

are 131 inhabitants While others claim

there are about 500 of them let's stick

to the less shocking figure but 131

inhabitants for half an acre is still

mind-boggling by the way it's not the

most peculiar thing about this island

its location is quite interesting too

unlike most regular Islands this one is

located in Lake Victoria between Kenya

and Uganda and not in the sea or ocean

there are quite a lot of buildings for

its small territory and all of them have

metal tiled roofs if you saw it from

above you think it's a giant metal

Turtle floating on the water there's

barely any vegetation there most of the

island is covered with rocks you yeah

there's a tiny piece of land with green

grass and just a couple of small shrubs

the island is all about fish most men

there go fishing every day while the

women hang the fish on a string to dry

and save up for later or to sell

most of the people living on the islet

of mcgingo make their living catching

fish in the plentiful Waters around the

island there are tons of fresh perches

out there yep there are jobs but no

hospitals no schools and no other public

institutions but surprisingly there's a

12-room hotel made of corrugated iron

also there's a hairdresser's office

where you can get stunning braids money

circulates here so it attracts various

businesses they even have two tailor

shops with a variety of fabrics most of

the buildings are made of steel

especially on the High Street there are

also some makeshift Huts in the

Alleyways almost all of the houses

belong to the same person Joseph who

rents them he also owns some of the bars

there's only one building made of brick

on the island it's the house for the

boat engines and it belongs to Leonard

obala he owns most of the fishing boats

on the island hey mention my name to

Lenny and you'll get a good vote

mcgingo Island may be one of the most

densely populated yet it's not the

tiniest inhabited Island on the planet

the island of Bishop Rock a part of the

Isles of silly which sounds like

something right out of Monty Python it's

located 28 miles off Cornwall and may

not have any grass for the Sheep to feed

on but it may fit in some people almost

two centuries ago in 1847 it was decided

to build a 160-foot lighthouse there the

whole construction process was quite

tricky the workers could barely find the

place to step on it took almost a decade

to build it the first Lighthouse was

made of steel and was never lit because

it was washed away in 1850. the second

attempt was more successful with the

whole construction made of stone there

are 10 floors which are a water tank

that provides fresh water for the

Dwellers an entrance room with a metal

door a storeroom with a window the first

oil room that was indispensable for

keeping the light in paraffin lands the

second oil row this one has a window a

living room with a window

a bedroom with a window

once again a store room

a service room

and the lamp

house needs a keeper so they moved into

the place in 1858 and it lit its first

paraffin lamps on the 1st of September

the very same year it meant that Bishop

Rock wasn't uninhabited any longer it

wasn't the first time that the island

got some dwellers the first people

appeared there back in the 13th century

it was a kind of punishment for those

who were guilty of felonies like this it

became Britain's smallest island it

still holds a Guinness record for being

the world's smallest island with a

building on it today the island is

uninhabited because the lighthouse has

been automated since 1992.

so we've had a longevity Island one of

the world's densest Islands the smallest

one and never stopping edible Islands

but what about the cutest Island I'm

sure everyone's going to love it unless

they're allergic to cats there are only

about 55 human residents but over a

hundred four pod ones they say the

fluffy residents are really sweet as

they're used to being around people so

the moment you step on the cashier

regima Island you'll be greeted with a

rub against your legs there's even a cat

Shrine on that island which is quite

rare and wait for it it's the cat's meow

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