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Posted by I leapt ashore across the bow, afraid to land in the waist-deep surf—afraid the driver of our rubber boat would change his mind and turn away. But I was here. I had landed on Inaccessible Island in spite of its name. Thousand-foot cliffs towered above me, so that my neck ached from the moment I…
Despite all the harm that humans inflict upon nature, nature (somehow) still survives. I know the tragic tales of lost wilderness paradise. I am often disheartened by nature’s defeat across the globe, and I am aware of how many species our species has driven to extinction — but today I’m in the mood for good…
The only thing better than achieving your dream destination is the joy of returning to a place you love. I never thought I’d ever make it to Tristan Da Cunha the first time, let alone return to this isolated speck in the middle of the ocean, but the good fortune of travel carried me back within…
Landing on earth’s remotest inhabited island stands out as a travel highlight. Spending just one day there was pure torture. But such is life and travel–we dream, we go, we arrive, we leave, we remember. Each and every one of us travels differently. We search for the experience that’s best for us. Some of us…
UPDATE: Watch my recent video from Nightingale Island. Ecological disaster is not the story I wanted to send from this place, but it’s the one that is happening here right now. I sailed to the Tristan Da Cunha island group because I was following a lifelong dream. The remotest set of inhabited islands in the…
