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Moon Garden
Hi, my name is Gonca. Those of you who have had the pleasure of visiting Nosara might know me and my jungle store, Bazzar de Nosara.
For the last five years, I have been coming to Bali to do the shopping for my store. Bali feels like a second home to me by now. Seeing the endlessly polite, always smiling Balinese makes work seem more like a pleasure.
I always take a couple of days to visit my friend’s hotel, Taman Selini (Moon Garden in Indonesian), in northern Bali. This place is famous for its diving and snorkeling. (more…)
Wood is Good
The beauty of natural, sustainable wood surfboards have propelled Grain Surfboards to the forefront of a growing market. The company is committed to building and riding hollow wooden surfboards. They also offer kits for the DIY crowd (my 10′ Waterlog is nearing completion!) (more…)
Barefoot on Grass
I just came across this via Inhabitat (so those of you who are all “up-to-the-minute” on the internet are rolling your eyes) — but what a perfect thing. If only they could somehow make one with that great Playa Guiones sand; those of us in NYC could pretend we were back by the Harmony Hotel’s beach…
Images of Costa Rica by Jack Pierson
Photo by Jack Pierson
Images of Costa Rica by Jack Pierson
Photo by Jack Pierson
Second Chance for George: Not the Last Tortoise of His Kind
The New York Times has a great article about “Lonesome George,” who was thought to be the last of his tortoise-subspecies. Now scientists think there’s a female for him somewhere out there. (more…)
