Category Archives: Indian Ocean
Young Sailor Missing
The Associated Press reported today that Abby Sunderland, a 16-year-old California girl sailing around the world alone, may be in trouble. The last contact with Sunderland was a satellite phone call with her home team around 4am California time today. … Continue reading
Tuvalu Calls For Real Climate Treaty
Midway through the third day of climate talks in Copenhagen, tiny Tuvalu has derailed the Kyoto track of the talks by demanding more ambitious carbon limits set into a legally binding treaty. “My prime minister and many other heads of … Continue reading
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Tagged bbc, climate, cop15, copenhagen
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Mauritius
It’s smack in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Grand Baie and Tamarin are two budget places to stay and surf on this otherwise pricey isle. The SW quarter of the island has a number of breaks as the barrier … Continue reading
Surfing in Yemen
Yemen – the empty quarter. We were nearing the end of a two week exploration of the coast, looking for (and finding) epic waves in warm water. Now we were heading home. We went the long way, the interesting way, … Continue reading
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Tagged desert, surfing, Travel, yemen
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Surfing in India, Part 2: Kerala
Day 9 The sleeper train to Madurai was interesting. You get a berth consisting of a lightly padded bunk, and that’s it. Three huge fans mounted on the ceiling are the air conditioning, and the windows are just cutouts in … Continue reading
Surfing in India, Part 1: Tamil Nadu
Day 1 Got into Madras, or Chennai as it’s called now, at about 5.30am. We had a slight hitch getting through immigration, as they insisted on knowing where we were going to stay. We had no idea where we going … Continue reading
East of Bali: Surfing Indonesia
May 5: The reef is more than a kilometer from shore. At low tide you can wade out through cultivated plots of agar seaweed, over steps of nubby coral and basins of sand. Big red starfish dot the aquascape like … Continue reading
India and Sri Lanka
The east coast of India is pretty poor for surf. I checked beaches at Gopalpur and Mamallapuram without seeing much potential. I spoke to an Aussie in M-puram who said he’d seen it break once in six months. Monsoons do … Continue reading
Cylindrical Houses
After three days of public bus (indo style) and masses of bullshit I got there, Southwest coast of S. that is….. 32 hours of village interrogation I went straight to the south coast. Hitching had never been so easy, rarely … Continue reading
Indonesia Surf Beta
Travelers to Indonesia are granted 60-day visas on arrival. You can renew by leaving the country briefly and returning. Flights to Indo go from Penang, Singapore and Darwin. Inter-island travel is best done by boat. The Pelni Boats are a … Continue reading