Edition Six

Reflections: Remoteness

As our world is increasingly peppered with noise - be it political tension, strife, cruelties, the rigors of work, societal obligations, and other countless stressors - travel can be the perfect antidote for divorcing oneself and getting away from it all.

And after all, our world also hosts magnificent, isolated getaways, both near and far. This week, we are all about Remoteness. As the busyness of summer comes to an end, we are craving space and an escape from the frenzy. Whether it is finding solace in the nature of our own backyards, or flying to remote oceanic islands or the poles, travellers are looking to go farther and further in their adventures. For some, its all about the journey - the harder it is to get to, the more appealing it is. While icons like the Eiffel Tower and Canals of Venice were once the exotic lures of the early jet-age, newer generations have redefined the exotic to include less visited destinations like the Falkland Islands, Azerbaijan, São Tomé, and the deep Amazon. Continue Reading

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“Come From Away:" A Road Trip Across Newfoundland

Paying homage to 9/11 in Remote Canada

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Map: Road Trip Across Newfoundland

The map you’ll need to drive this remote island. Download it here. 🗝️

Stay: The Fiji Orchid

Raymond Burr’s Private Paradise. Read More. 🗝️

On Location: Tambopata Research Center, Peruvian Amazon

The most remote place I’ve ever been

Eat: Finca Agroecologica El Paraiso, Viñales Valley, Cuba

Time Travel: Tea Fields & Houseboats of Kerala, India in 2006

"I found three leeches feasting on my foot...the guide quickly came over and rubbed salt on my shattered ego and my feet. I looked down and found something that was part of a Stephen King novel...everywhere I looked, everywhere we stepped, were tiny leeches, inching forward for their next victim."

Stay: Mashpi Lodge, Ecuador

A Luxurious, Equatorial Rainforest Hideaway. Read More. 🗝️

From the Forum:

What’s the Most Remote Place You’ve Been To?

We asked our Club members what they consider to be the most remote places they’ve ever been. We’ve got a well-travelled bunch, whose answers range from deserts, islands, oceanic voyages, and polar extremes:

Danny - “Not crazy remote, but the tiny island of Prvic in Croatia. It’s only accessible by boat and there are no cars or street lights on the island at all.”

Graham - “Easter Island - 5 days of exploration on foot, by taxi, in a rental car was the perfect amount of time.”

Perrine - “My tiny village in northeastern Senegal, Moho Yallalbe, would probably be considered most remote while I was serving in Peace Corps. It had a population of 250, with no electricity or running water and I had the only latrine in the village! And a second would be the Turkana region of Kenya (in the extreme northwest of the country where its desert, guns, and people with those beaded cloths sewn around their necks).”

AJ - “Being in the middle of the Pacific Ocean while serving in the Navy.”

Katie - “Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe”

Beth - “Azores Islands, Portugal”

Manuella - “The Seychelles”

Ryan - “The Antarctic Circle in Antarctica. There isn’t much more remote on this planet than that.

Resources and Intel

Intel: Download an Offline Map

Never Lose Your Orientation. Read more.

Intel: Arrange a Taxi

Use Taxis by Official Means in New & Remote Places. Read more.

Resource: Fall Foliage Prediction Map - USA

Finding the Best Time to Leaf-Peep. Read more.

Contemplate: Reclaiming Space

Written back in mid-2020, we reflect on the need for space in our lives.

Syllogi’s ‘Musings’ is a series helping you paint a picture of a destination while traveling from your living room.

Watch: 'Home'

For Dreaming of: Building a really cool, remote dream home. Read More.

Read: On the ‘Lo-Fi’

For Dreaming of: Getting away from it all. Read more.

Read: ‘Being There: 25 Extraordinary Places Worth That Extra Mile’

For Dreaming of: When the journey is just as thrilling as arriving. Read More.

Read: ‘Remote Places to Stay’

For Dreaming of: Incredibly romantic, far flung hotels. Read More.

Follow: Omar Nok

For Dreaming of: Walking across Asia. Read More.

Beauty: Ilhéu das Rolas, São Tomé e Príncipe

In our journey to the ‘center of the world’ on an island off an island (near to where the Prime Meridian and the Equator intersect), spectacular beaches are fronted by choppy, electric-blue waters that our unamused boat captain navigates with ease.

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