These will be the only islands where I’ll need to explain where they are. They are in the Brazilian Amazon about 2 days by riverboat upstream from Manaus on the Rio Negro. They are the world’s largest freshwater archipelago and consist of hundreds of tiny islands and seasonally flooded forest. The thing about the Rio […]
At number 8. Hebrides
We just lucked out on the Hebrides and to be honest it was always going to be a gamble. I can take the blame for this and I was quite forceful about including it in the series and it could have been one of the best if only the weather had played ball. Old boats […]
At number 5. Sri Lanka
I was looking forward to Sri Lanka a lot and apart from the disappointing light for filming, (white skies pretty much throughout) the island is very diverse and very beautiful. I somehow thought that it would be like India, a country I’ve visited many times, but it’s not. India has Hinduism, Sri Lanka has Buddhism; […]
At number 9. Zanzibar
It seems a bit unfair to put Zanzibar down here at number 9, especially as I’ve recommended the island to lots of friends. Drying seaweed, Zanzibar It should really be equal with 8 all the way through to 2. It is undeniably beautiful, like the Caribbean 30 years ago. Largely unspoilt, but from the […]
At number 10. The Galapagos Islands
Male Frigate Bird, North Seymore Island, Galapagos It’s slightly surprising for the Galapagos Islands to be bottom of my list, but in fact the islands were so disappointing that their place here is well deserved. A sealion pup checks out our sound recordest, Andy Moorwood The Galapagos have been over-hyped in the […]