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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:
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.
Travel Alert: The Indonesian islands of Sumbawa and Sulawesi were rocked by an undersea earthquake on Monday.
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.
Living on Hawaiian islands like Kauai just got even better. Photo by: James Blinn
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.
This video is just a glimpse of one the world’s most isolated archipelagos, the Mentawais (men-Tao-wise), located off the west coast of Sumatra in Indonesia. The region is most famous among surfers for its waves. Of course, there’s more to it. Here’s a taste of my trip to help explain things:
Photo courtesy: MONA Pavilions
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.
Sumatra by ISLANDS magazine
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: Galapagos, green, Indonesia, New Zealand, Sumatra, U.S.
Kauai’s Napali Coast will grace big screens when A Perfect Getaway hits theaters tomorrow. The horror flick, which stars Milla Jovovich and Steve Zahn, will add a dose of suspense to the idyllic island vistas. Thrillers aren’t for you? Don’t worry. You can still make your next trip to the movies a trip to the islands. Here are four trailers for island movies about to hit theaters.
This past weekend I started Sea of Poppies ($26, Farrar, Straus and Giroux) the latest novel by Indian writer Amitav Ghosh and the first installment in his new series, The Ibis Triology. I was sure before I even opened the cover that it was going to be a good read, not just because of the compelling premise (19th-century Opium Wars and a web of strangers connected by fate), but also because I’ve read Ghosh before.
In fact, it was his novel, The Hungry Tide ($13.95, Harper Collins) that first acquainted me with this part of the world. In it, a young marine biologist ventures into the Sundarban islands, an archipelago that fringes along India’s southern coast. Her search for elusive Irrawaddy dolphins finds her in the company of both an educated businessman and an illiterate fisherman. As is the case with any great novel, I felt by the end like I knew these characters — and their island home — personally. If I ever make it to the Sundarbans, I’ll be sure to re-read this book on the plane ride over.
In the meantime, Sea of Poppies is getting me better acquainted with some other Indian Ocean islands — like Mauritius and Jakarta. Look for my full review in an upcoming issue, and find more book reviews at islands.com/read.
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