We'll see if anybody is interested in anything that I have to say. I've been here 12 years now, have seen 'em come and go. We've had good days and bad days, had profitable years and had to knuckle down for recessions and disasters. I've personally helped many get the best waves of their lives, and they in turn have enabled me to create a business from doing what I love.
There are huge changes happening around here. Some good, some bad. There are a lot of people that have moved here as a change of lifestyle and contributing positively to the community, and there are other people who are leeches and pirates, out only for themselves themselves and their pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
I'm going to try and document a little of what is happening over here, see, if nothing else, I can provide a neutral account of the development, destruction and perhaps even the conservation of this island chain that many, many people the world over LOVE.
Hello Mentawai surfguide.
ReplyDeletePlease blogg more often. It is very interesting to hear about you living in this remote part of the world.
I hope the mentawais will be able to stay that remote as they were and maybe still are. As a loving person of surf I am allways thinking of coming back to the mentawais. Unfortunately Wavepark for the next weeks is full. It would have been an opportunity for me to travel and stay with you.
I wish you good luck out there.
Martin