Like Ahab, I’m going after this very BIG fish. And yes, Melville thought whales were…
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The Forbidden Island
There are seven occupied islands of the 136-ish in the Hawaiian archipelago. First, what, 136?!?…
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The Mariana Trench
Down down down Just as some lust for the stars others go in the other direction.…
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Whaling
Though hunting whales dates back at least 6,000 years, it didn’t hit its peak until…
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MUSCLE BEACH
Man-o-man was Muscle Beach the best. The original ‘Beach’ was just south of the Santa…
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Kamchatka, land of fire and ice
Unwelcome to Kamchatka! You disuninviteded! I travel all over the world (or did until the…
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Neui…er, no…Neiu?…no—Niue! Yeah, yeah, that’s it.
Why don’t people go to Niue? Why have you never heard of this place? I…
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The floating islands of the Uros
Venturing a bit inland from the Pacific we encounter the sixty or so floating islands…
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Cape Horn, no Covid, no panhandlers…no nothing, but snow and shipwrecks
For centuries the most dreaded sea passage in the world was Cape Horn. The Horn…
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Papua New Guinea, bigtime penis envy down under
The central highlands of the island of New Guinea was the last place on earth…
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Drake’s Bay—Part 2, The Voyage of the San Augustin
In 1565, Phillip II of Spain claimed the Philippine Islands (hence the name) to take…
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Pentecost Island
Pentecost Island is one of the 83 islands that comprise the Vanuatu archipelago. Pentecost island…
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Isla Nublar
Isla Nublar is at once real and entirely fictitious. Imagine an island off the west…
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Tanna Island
I promised you weird and wonderful—so if this isn’t it, well… Tanna is an Island…
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La Isla de las Muñecas
Is The Island of Dolls in the Pacific Ocean? Not technically but, hey it’s near…
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Battleship Island
I say fire up the boilers, weigh anchor and let’s set sail! Hashima Island or…
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