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Off the Beaten Path on Sumba | Indonesia's Most Exclusive Island at 56
Indonesia Buffer Boesch 5/22/26 Indonesia Buffer Boesch 5/22/26

Off the Beaten Path on Sumba | Indonesia's Most Exclusive Island at 56

A motorbike. A surfboard strapped to the back with twelve dollars worth of PVC and cargo straps. Waves breaking behind me on a coast with no name. This is what it looks like when they say you couldn't, but you do anyway.

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I Left Bali for Rote Island Indonesia | Solo Adventure Travel at 56
Indonesia Buffer Boesch 5/6/26 Indonesia Buffer Boesch 5/6/26

I Left Bali for Rote Island Indonesia | Solo Adventure Travel at 56

Watching the sun go down over Rote Island. The edge of Asia. This is what $22 a day buys you.

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Indonesia's Worst Kept Secret: World-Class Surfing and the Fight to Keep It Free
Indonesia Buffer Boesch 8/30/25 Indonesia Buffer Boesch 8/30/25

Indonesia's Worst Kept Secret: World-Class Surfing and the Fight to Keep It Free

She's been doing this her whole life. The fire, the pan, the palm sugar reducing down to something that will eventually become sopi. Twenty minutes outside the village. Nobody advertises it. You just have to know where to look.

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