For this week’s “Best” list, I want to showcase the beautiful island places we featured in the “Best Rooms with a View” list. The photo of the view from the Viceroy Bali alone is scenery that made all of us here at ISLANDS say, “I need to go there now!” This Best list is from the all-new “Dream Big” issue of ISLANDS magazine that hit newsstands everywhere this week. (Or read it in the ISLANDS Store right now.) Take in these stunning resorts and hotels and put your favorite — or all 10 — on your wish list.
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Islands Mag Best Resort Rooms With a View
Best Island Resort Rooms with a View
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Photo Contest Entries - Keep them coming!
November 20th, 2009 by Lori | No Comments | Filed in Photo Talk
I’m buried. Literally. Under a mountain of fantastic photo contest entries. They’ve taken over my office. Send help! And chocolate. I’m kidding! It’s so much more fun to get the day’s mail when envelopes from as far away as Alaska arrive containing images from Bora Bora to Iceland to Lizard Island. I love sharing in all your wonderful trips by looking at all the great photos. Keep them coming!
Latest Island News from New Zealand, California and American Samoa
November 20th, 2009 by Adrienne | No Comments | Filed in News and Deals
New Zealand by Rob Suisted
You can’t be on every island at once — but you can feel like you are. Here are the latest links with useful information about island travel from around the world.
- New Zealand: Icebergs off Auckland Islands are moving closer to New Zealand.
- Alameda Island: Bay Area community bands together to clean up Alameda Island after oil spill.
- American Samoa: Teams assessing tsunami on American Samoa uncover archaeological ruins.
Tags: Alameda Island, New Zealand, Samoa
Best Blurb Books Contest Winners
November 19th, 2009 by Lori | No Comments | Filed in Photo Talk
Judging the Best Blurb Books Contest was a blast. After voting narrowed the travel books down to the top 15, I had the pleasure of selecting the Grand Prize Winner and the Runner Up. It was difficult to choose but J.C. Ecrement and O. Remualdo’s book Sadhus of Benares took home the grand prize. Not only were the black and white portraits of Sadhus in the Holy city of Varanasi stunning, but the book itself was well designed. Coming in a close second was Mediterranean Images by Susan Holmes.
Plan your trip to Kauai’s Na Pali Coast
November 19th, 2009 by Matthew | 1 Comment | Filed in Destination Spotlight, Hawaii
- Na Pali. By Matthew Miller
Kauai is one of the most beautiful places on earth. People agree about this. A first trip here can feel like an exercise in cataloguing places to come back to and spend more time: Waimea Canyon, Kalalau Trail, the hidden and possibly unnamed beaches around Kapa’a on the east coast. However long you have to visit won’t be long enough, but save at least one day for the signature Na Pali coast.
Latest Island News from Hawaii and Tahiti, Plus Expedition 206
November 19th, 2009 by Adrienne | 1 Comment | Filed in News and Deals
Outrigger Waikiki is one of Hawaii's "Green Leaders" Photo courtesy: Outrigger Waikiki
You can’t be on every island at once — but you can feel like you are. Here are the latest links with useful information about island travel from around the world.
- Hawaii: Outrigger Waikiki received a Green Leader award for its recycling efforts.
- Worldwide: Three travelers set out on Expedition 206 visiting islands and countries around the world to find out what makes people happy.
- Tahiti: Could the next Gaugin be decorating the streets of Pape’ete.
Latest Island News from Hawaii, New Zealand, Samoa and Venice
November 18th, 2009 by Adrienne | No Comments | Filed in News and DealsYou can’t be on every island at once — but you can feel like you are. Here are the latest links with useful information about island travel from around the world.
- Hawaii: Erosion threatens beaches on Oahu and Kauai, which have lost significant amounts of shoreline since the 19th century.
- New Zealand: A new study of Polynesian canoe design indicates New Zealand may have been settled by Hawaiians.
- Samoa: Former American Idol contestant Taylor Vaifanua, partnered with Hurricane High School Polynesian Club and Samoa Relief Wave, is collecting Christmas stockings for the victims of the recent tsunami on Samoa and Tonga.
- Venice: In an effort to raise awareness about rising flood waters, Venice hosts its own funeral.
Ultimate Island Surf Resort
November 16th, 2009 by Eddy | No Comments | Filed in Asia, ISLANDS Experts
Kandui Resort, Mentawai Islands
Extraordinary waves and ordinary surfers — not always an ideal mix. But not all of us possess all-star surfing skills. So where’s the best place for average Joes to safely push themselves, enjoy world-class waves, and relax in comfort? My pick is the Kandui Resort, located in the Mentawai Islands off the west coast of Sumatra. Here’s how it delivered for two middle-age surfers from Florida:
Experience Indonesia (from home)
November 16th, 2009 by Eddy | No Comments | Filed in Asia, ISLANDS Experts
Last weekend, I camped on Indonesia’s most remote islands. I was embraced by a small village community. I built a well that provided them fresh water. The kicker? I did all this from Cocoa Beach, Florida, losing myself in what I thought was a surf movie. It starred waterman Rob Machado, though surfing wasn’t his primary focus. Below Rob, and the film’s director, Taylor Steele, offer a taste of why their movie The Drifter is different.
Free Holiday Wi-Fi, Plus Latest Island News from Hawaii, Maine and Dominica
November 16th, 2009 by Adrienne | 1 Comment | Filed in News and DealsYou can’t be on every island at once — but you can feel like you are. Here are the latest links with useful information about island travel from around the world.
- Airports: Beginning today, Google offers free holiday Wi-Fi in airports around the country.
- Hawaii: Honolulu Magazine names Hawaii’s most endangered historic sites — and suggests what can be done to save them.
- Vinalhaven: On Tuesday’s officials will cut the ribbon on Maine’s Fox Islands Wind Project turning on turbines to supply the islands with energy.
- Dominica: Officials on the Caribbean island of Dominica have signed a deal to ship drinking water from the island’s volcanic interior to parched countries as far away as the Middle East.
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