Pitcairn Island - The People of and Day to Day Survival

Long before the October 2004 trials and even now and I am sure long after, Pitcairn Island has had a large fan base of travelers, some of which consider the Pitcairn the "Holy Grail" of all travelers and genologists, some related to the islanders, who want to know two main questions: Who are the people/decendents of muntineers who are left on Pitcairn Island. AND. What is their life like on the island today?

Above is a picture of a daily event. It's a picture of a delivery haul in the foredeck of one of the long boats being carried back to the island. Above it some laundry has been hung to catch the sea breeze as the boat rides back causing one to wonder, is this how they get all their clothes dry?

While I am not sure as to the answer to that question, from all I found on the web, I do know that they do have electricity on the island, be it only a couple hours a day. They have houses and chores of cooking and cleaning where instead of hotels, travelers arrange deals with people on the island for room and board in exchange for chores and cooking. They have their own source of food that grows on the island, breadfruit of course being the most popular, which apparently they use some sort of guns to shoot them down from the trees. They do not have cars, but they have small carts of some sort to drive around in. They have no roads, but they do have dirt pathways. They have no currency of their own like other countries, but they do have a trade and a living of entertaining and selling handcrafted goods to passing tourist dropped off by various cruise lines.

Some of the most interesting links I found to get further information and further ideas via pictures of what life is like on Pitcairn came from these sites:

Photo's by Andrew Christian (a descendant of Fletcher Christian).
Pitcairn's Photo Album (made by fans and islanders)
Pitcairn's Study Center