Best island you've ever visited
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Bonfirelight
Crocodile
treasure island
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About 15 years ago I ended up on a small island off Malaysia, one of the Perhentian Islands. There were just a scattering of bamboo huts, some tents and an illigal bar that served a local moonshine called Orag-Utan 
D ). A few off us ended up staying for a blissful 3 weeks (Some resourseful Italian travellers even ended up constructing a suprisingly good pizza oven out of an old oil drum!)
Depressingly, someone told me they'd been about a year ago, and it was now rammed with gap years folk and two large hotels and all the shit that goes with that.
I feel fortunate to have had such a nice experience of it before it all went the inevitable way.
Also love Sardinia.
D ). A few off us ended up staying for a blissful 3 weeks (Some resourseful Italian travellers even ended up constructing a suprisingly good pizza oven out of an old oil drum!)Depressingly, someone told me they'd been about a year ago, and it was now rammed with gap years folk and two large hotels and all the shit that goes with that.
I feel fortunate to have had such a nice experience of it before it all went the inevitable way.
Also love Sardinia.
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
Not an islandchilango said:
Idaho
continuity character
I visited Bali in 1986. We stayed in huts in the north of the island at a place called Lovina Beach. There were two lots of 8 brick huts, a small bar and a cafe on stilts. There was also a little shop next to the bus stop on the main road. Other than that it was just rice fields, forested areas, a beach and the mountains in the background.Pie 1 said:
Went back in 1994 and it was a town. There were 20-30 hotels, numerous restaurants, bars. Taxis, buses, etc.
Although strangly the little cafe on stilts was still there.
Things change. Presumably it is like Las Vegas now.
A Dashing Blade
Takes horses to water but can't make donkeys drink
Idaho said:
Nope, not at all. Tourism (even backpacking) has never really taken off on that part of the coast. Doubt if it's changed much since your last trip.
obanite
Kroketten
Isle Grande, off the coast a few hours south of Rio de Janeiro. Went there a couple of months ago, had the most amazing time. The hostel we stayed in had hammocks in the bar and its own jetty with free kayaks, and the island itself had no cars just boats, lots of beautiful unspoiled rain forest, amazing little beaches all around, waterfalls, everything. Apparently it used to be a prison island though, lol
A Dashing Blade
Takes horses to water but can't make donkeys drink
Idaho said:
New developments being built for sure, but no-one using them!
Iirc they're mainly built to cash in on the new airport that's supposed to be built sometime never.
Those places may ask an internet price of +$100, turn up on the door and you'll get them down to $25-30. Most of their trade seems to come from organised coach tours full of Dutch just making an overnight stop.
Seriously, it's still orders of magnitude quieter than Ubud.
F**k all to do there mind . . .
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
I stand corrected - although I'm sure I can see a join there - I was always taught it was the tip of the South American continent.chilango said:Oh yes it is....
...so there!
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
I have a map of the world in my toilet and my eye is always drawn to Bouvet Island in the South Atlantic - I bet there's nothing there but bird shit though
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
Australia is an island, no?zhu said:uh, Only island i've ever visited....Tasmania lol
tom_craggs
Well-Known Member
Iona....stunning.
Edited to add...and Skye...
Edited to add...and Skye...
souljacker
innit
I went to Bryher in the Scillies this summer. Gorgeous, unspoilt, beautiful and untouched. A real treat. I've got some pics that I will stick up later.
Orkney is pretty cool too. Just far too cold.
Orkney is pretty cool too. Just far too cold.
gaijingirl
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I,m on Hvar right now and I'm so happy! Will write more when I get back.
I like the Isle of Man best. It's excellent.
People who know me well enough will know I'm not joking. It's a good day out.
People who know me well enough will know I'm not joking. It's a good day out.
shakespearegirl
just worked out taglines
King Island (between Melbourne and Tasmania)
World's best pies
Fantastic food, steak, great cheese
Slightly strange people, but in a good way
Varied landscape, from lush to barren
World's best pies
Fantastic food, steak, great cheese
Slightly strange people, but in a good way
Varied landscape, from lush to barren
