“The world isn’t just the way it is. It is how we understand it, no? And in understanding something, we bring something to it, no? Doesn’t that make life a story?” ― Yann Martel, Life of Pi The Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Botanical Gardens… Mostly, I really just […]
Category: Islands & Oceans
The Love Nut. And Other Reasons To Visit The Seychelles.
Nature’s will to be weird, as Jim Morrison called it, couldn’t be stronger than on an island. Islands may prescribe to some conventions, what with their hammocks and palm trees, the mix of heat and rum urging on that island idleness. But it’s their weirdness that really gets you. […]
What Does Life in Paradise Actually Look Like?
Most people know about the weird upside down trees and long-limbed monkey people; the baobabs and the lemurs, the images that mark the postage stamps of this faraway Indian Ocean island. But if you research the destination of Madagascar for long enough you will uncover a […]
The Perks of Paradise
Oceans both separate and connect us. They’re a thing of terror as much as awe. They represent life and death. But rather than one thing or the other, oceans, before we add our thoughts and feelings to them, just are. They exist beyond “as far as […]
Madagascar Through Local Eyes
Why does someone leave life in the city of love for a hotel on the remote coast of Madagascar, the land where evolution ran wild? Cédric de Foucault, General Manager at Anjajavy l’Hôtel, explains his journey here, his visions of hope for the Indian Ocean island and his […]