Tuvalu 2000

TUVALU 2000
CONTEMPORARY IMAGES OF TUVALU

Talofa!

The following contemporary images of Tuvalu have managed to capture many beautiful and modern images that represent Tuvalu in a way that it has never been represented internationally before. These pictures portray and capture the essential essence of this most unique of Polynesian nations in a series of fascinating portraits. This will be the first in a series of Web sites devoted to contemporary images of Tuvalu.

Please enjoy Tuvalu 2000 -- contemporary images of our beloved Tuvalu.
-- Jane Resture

TUVALU 2002

CONTEMPORARY IMAGES OF FUNAFUTI, TUVALU

Since the following pictures (below) were taken in 2000, there had been a number of changes in the Tuvalu landscape in less than two years!

The people of Tuvalu (Funafuti) now have paved roads, speed humps and street signs. The capital of Tuvalu, Funafuti, is now lit with street lights from one end to the other. Robert Girdo and his wife Kerrie returned from Tuvalu on 24th May 2002 and they have kindly made available many excellent updated images on their great Tuvalu 2002 Web site www.girdo.com/tuvalu taken in May 2002.

Our People On The Reef

http://www.ecology.info/our-people.htm

TUVALU AND GLOBAL WARMING

Jane Resture

I hear the waves on our island shore

They sound much louder than they did before

A rising swell flecked with foam

Threatens the existence of our island home.

A strong wind blows in from a distant place

The palm trees bend like never before

Our crops are lost to the rising sea

And water covers our humble floor.

Our people are leaving for a distant shore

And soon Tuvalu may be no more

Holding on to the things they know are true

Tuvalu my Tuvalu, I cry for you.

And as our people are forced to roam

To another land to call their home

And as you go to that place so new

Take a little piece of Tuvalu with you.

Tuvalu culture is rare and unique

And holds a message we all should seek

Hold our culture way up high

And our beloved Tuvalu will never die.

Funafuti lagoon

Ocean beach scene, Funafuti, and Nukufetau lagoon

Nui lagoon and beach

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Nukufetau lagoon and island scenery

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for a larger and more detailed map of Tuvalu

Airstrip, Funafuti, August 2000

Airport and runway, Funafuti, Tuvalu, May 2002
Photos: Bob Girdo

Young dancers, Funafuti

Funafuti lagoon

Tuvalu new inter-island vessel, Manufolau, Funafuti, May, 2002
Photos: Bob Girdo

Street scene, Funafuti, August, 2000

Street scenes, Funafuti, May 2002
Photos: Bob Girdo

The beautiful Nui lagoon and beach

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My Wish

by Jane Resture

The frigate bird

The flying fish

It is time for us

To make a wish

And I wish for the sunrise

To be beautiful each time

With days that are perfect

And nights so sublime

And I wish for the sunset

To be like a long red sail

Each and every day

And you and I will always stay

Whatever we wish

Will surely come true

And I wish for happiness

For me and you

And I wish for the world

To live in peace

To live and love as one

To a simple beat

And I wish for us all

To have our lives full of love

Full of joy and happiness

And eternal love

(E-mail: jane@janeresture.com -- Rev. 9th October 2006)