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When an isolated tribe met a man on a mission
On John Chau’s Instagram page you will find an adventurer, people person and constant grinner. Pictures of him camping on mountains, scuba diving, taking sailing trips, capturing rainbows and sunsets, attending friends’ weddings and holding their babies. “Snakebite survivor,” reads a line in his profile. “Following the Way,” reads another.
This Way led Chau to North Sentinel Island, home of one of the last isolated Indigenous cultures on Earth, and his death aged 26.
In 2018, he travelled to the Andaman Islands in the Indian Ocean. North Sentinel lies 50km west of the capital Port Blair. In November, Chau made three attempts to visit. “Lord, is this Satan’s last stronghold?” he pondered in his
