“At the start of the year, I still didn’t know that I could order online myself.” He’s also used online shopping to buy fishing gear and sports equipment.įaura lives in Manihi, a remote coral atoll in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. “I began ordering online this year,” he told Rest of World. Shopping online and getting the T-shirt delivered to the island where he lives was a new experience for Faura.

When Rest of World met him in December 2021, he wore a white T-shirt featuring a large black Adidas logo, which he had recently purchased online using his smartphone. On the patio of his aunt’s house, he shared photos on his phone of his fishing exploits: bright blue parrotfish, yellow-lip emperors, silvery trevallies, and a cooler full of tiny, rose-colored eina ‘ a - a seasonal delicacy.įaura is tall and well-built, with bleached blond highlights in his black hair. After a morning spearfishing in the lagoon, 20-year-old fisherman Turoa Faura rode home on his red tricycle, carrying his young nephew in the rusty basket affixed to the back.

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