The beach cleaner found a bottle with a message and a treasure better than a pirate treasure map.
Although the man does not know gold, reality still prepared a gift: he found the owner of the letter and a true friendship that knows no borders.
Steven Amos, a conservation officer on one of Papua New Guinea’s most remote islands, was doing his usual job of sorting the trash that ocean waves wash ashore when he came across a small bottle with a message inside.
Rice was poured into the container to make it heavier. For beauty, the sender put several small seashells on the bottom, writes ABC News.
Oh, I was so excited, so excited! How many years I worked here, but for the first time I found something like this!
The man eagerly pulled out a piece of paper, expecting a map of pirate treasures to fall into his hands, but it turned out the message didn’t surf the ocean for so long time. The letter was written in 2019 by a 17-year-old girl named Niki.
She said she composed the message while traveling in the Pacific Ocean.
It was not the kind of post that gives people confidence because it was written by homeless people, or that makes people think of the generosity of people who have lost everything but hope. Nicki simply said her life resembled the adventures of Eliza Thornberry traveling with her family.
Nicky, with her parents and her brother, has been sailing the seas and oceans on a family sailboat for six years. They transport Christian missionaries from island to island and help them teach people in remote communities.
Amos immediately took the letter to the environmentalists office of the Conflict Islands Conservation Initiative (CICI) and asked his colleagues to contact the girl at the email address given at the end of the message.
For some reason, all of their letters were refused. Ecologists checked the coordinates given in the note and realized that the bottle had traveled a distance of 2.5 thousand kilometers to be in the hands of Stephen.
In an effort to find Nicky again, CICI employees posted a photo of the letter on Facebook, hoping for the power of social media, and they won’t lose. The internet helped them find the girl and her family.
The news finally reached the young traveler that her message had been found. She immediately texted Mr. Amos and then chatted with him via video link.
The man invited his new friend and her family to visit Panasesa Island, located about 150 kilometers off Alotau in Papua New Guinea. Steven told Nicky that their islands are famous for their pristine beauty, white sand beaches and clear, warm water.
Amos also shared a story about his favorite part of his job – caring for baby turtles, which he helps get to the ocean after they hatch from their eggs.
Nicky’s family promised Stephen to nurture a friendship any screenwriter would initially envy and to visit the wonderful Isle of Panaces.
