Nick Upton / Handmade Ten-oar Plankboat built by Tao tribesmen, Hong-tou beach, Orchid Island, Taiwan

Nick Upton / Tao tribe crew push ten-man hand-made traditional plankboat or “Cinedkeran” ashore, Orchid Island, Taiwan. Small “tatala” plank boat in background. 2007

Nick Upton / Traditional hand-made 14-oar plank boat, the “Ipanga na” (keep rowing), built by Tao people, Orchid Island, Taiwan, 2007. (NB this is a larger boat than usual, which was rowed to Taiwan in 2007 to ra...