Have you ever seen the film Castaway? Many people have seen this film about Tom Hanks being stranded on an island for years. Could you ever imagine being stranded on an island for that long? Most people could not. Imagine literally not having any of the comforts from home, none at all. You get a [...]

There has been a search for the famous pilot Amelia Earhart going on since the day she went missing on her bid to circle the globe along the equator in her plane. According to recent articles it appears that she crashed on a remote island chain just short of 300 miles off her destination. Basically [...]

I am sure most of us by now have heard about off the grid living. If you have not, basically it means that you can live in a location, live there without having to use much power, water and other resources from the outside world. A scenario might be you moving to a far off [...]

The Maldives is an island like so many in the world. Reading various articles I did learn that they are different in many ways though. For one, the officials there decided to hold an underwater meeting. Why? Basically it has been predicted that in 100 years or less the island could be submerged in water. [...]

I have posted before about moving to an island permanently to live. Most people used to consider this as a retirement idea. But with the advent of technology, and the internet able to go to even the most remote places, people are considering moving to islands even while they are young because they can [...]

Whenever you plan a vacation, you try and plan for everything. You make sure you have car rental insurance, you have your flight planned well in advance, but one thing you cannot do is plan for is how the environment will be once you get there.
For example, recently the Padre Islands were having problems with [...]

If you’re like many of people you have always dreamed about an island lifestyle. Retiring to a remote island and living off the land. Great idea, but there can be tough times ahead if you’re not used to that kind of lifestyle.
The first thing you have to realize is that there will be nowhere [...]