Inspiring Travel Writing About Islands: Page 15 of 18

"A 1978 New Yorker cartoon depicted a middle-aged couple talking over drinks: it bore the caption: 'Let's go to the Caribbean or someplace and give our brains a rest'"

"Five fishermen are sitting around on makeshift benches beneath a palm shelter behind Miss Sophie's guesthouse. They wear dusty cut-off slacks and baseball caps. It is nearly noon, they are back from the morning on the sea, and their boats bob on the..."

"Fly over an atoll to get a proper view of one of the most heart-rending, beautiful and fragile geological formations on the planet."

"You could see how much the match meant to everyone. Every so often, the roar would drop to a murmur, only to swell again after the next ball hit the ground with a muffled thud. Obviously, they take bowls very seriously in Croatia."