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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.
Uluwatu Temple in Bali feels close to paradise. Pavel Mitrofanov/iStockphoto.com
Featured in our 2010 Wish List forthcoming in the December 2009 issue of ISLANDS magazine (on newsstands November 16), the largely Hindu island of Bali in largely Muslim Indonesia serves a sensory feast — incense, jungle giving way to beach, gamelan music celebrating the spirit.
Photograph hula dancers at the 2010 Maui Photo Festival and Workshops. Photo by Lori Barbely
Spend 2010 island hopping and brushing up on your photo skills. Who knows - you may create a winning image for the Islands Photo Contest. Here’s our month-by-month guide to island photo workshops in 2010.
January: Head to the Galapagos, known for its tortises, sally lightfoot crabs, and blue footed boobies to hone your nature photography skills.
February: Explore the beautiful beaches and marshes on Georgia’s Jekyll Island.
March: From Milford Sound to Dunedin, photograph New Zealand’s mountain ranges and pristine blue lakes as the Southern Hemisphere heads into autumn.
Tags: Alaska, Bali, chiefs island, Croatia, Galapagos, Greece, Italy, Jekyll Island, Maui, New Zealand, Photo Talk, photos, santorini, Sardinia, Tangier Island, workshops
British Virgin Islands by Adrienne Egolf
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’s notoriously mischievous Kea parrots in action
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.
Tags: Bali, BVI, New Zealand, Philippines
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