no, with that mound of manure

I imagine it's warm, with all the bacterial activity going on in there.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tioman_Island

If you don't mind flying around the world I would go to Tioman Island in Malaysia. Nothing much there except huts on the beach, giant lizards, monkeys, jungle, a few Malaysian hippies/villagers and bar on the beach.

Besides up grampy's pantleg, you mean?

i checked out some other areas in that site...pretty cool to see there is some sort of retreat network

Too bad South of the Border doesn't have these accommodations anymore.


I've always wanted to go to the Madonna Inn in Cali-- http://www.madonnainn.com/

Caveman Room


Capt Nemo room?

or you can stay inside a dog in Idaho.

These might be expensive, but http://www.cntraveler.com/daily-travele ... n-vacation

North Head for sure

Isn't the point here to have a creative purge?

Some of these places are beautiful but so much so that they would be a distraction for me.

yeah, that'd be the point

it's not super important to me whether or not a space overlooks a breathtaking ravine or shoreline, but those things tend to be a bit inspirational for me on a yanni level

These people also make chainsaw dogs. You can also master your chainsawing here.

i can't help but think that place smells like mold and hamburger helper on the inside.

This bed looks like a muppet yawning

Funny, I thought it was quite yoni.

Latest batch of bills I can't pay have arrived. Gonna go live on the beach like the guy in Local Hero. This is Harris by the way. I've never actually made it out that far despite wanting to but I was out on Canna last summer. Interesting boat trip. Not always as calm as in the picture.

is that a scottish area?

what can you tell me about sparsely inhabited scottish isles?

would love to disappear with a notebook and ink pen on a rainy hebrides surrounded by sheep

Yeah, as I said the picture is Harris, part of the Outer Hebrides along with Lewis and North and South Uist. It's a long standing desire to go out there but I've only managed Inner Hebrides although Canna is one of the furthest out Inner Hebrides and it feels quite remote. It's a strange feeling. You genuinely feel as if this few miles of rock in the North Atlantic is the whole world.

Most of the islands, especially the Outer Hebrides are very sparsely populated. There is basically nothing there except scattered farmsteads and a small port town/village.

The bigger islands of the Inner Hebrides are within sight of the mainland so you don't quite get the same feeling of remoteness. Skye and Mull are the main ones. Skye in particular is amazing with the Cuillin mountains but doesn't especially feel like an island.

The ocean currents come straight up and across the Atlantic from the Caribbean so the water looks just like pictures you see from the tropics, although it has to be said it's a bit colder by the time it gets here. Not as cold as it should be at this latitude though you'd have to be quite hardy to go for a dip!

Beaches are beautiful, the sand is literally so white it looks like snow, however again can be quite chilly with the sea breezes.

In good weather they are beautiful but in bad weather you better like paperbacks cos you'll be lucky to even get a mobile signal, never mind broadband.

so to follow up on this thread, at the end of this month i'll be spending a week in marfa TX in this lil guy:



as soon as i hit the ground in el paso on saturday night, i'll be hitting the likka sto'h for a high shelf bottle of inspiration to last me the week. i'm too lazy to search to see if we have a whiskey thread, but if any of y'all have a top-of-the-head recc for a good $80-100 bottle, please post it here.

Blantons.

Or macallan 18.

How much is that running you? How are you getting to marfa?

about $800 for the week. i'm flying to el paso and then driving 2 hrs east to marfa. sucks to have to rent a car i won't drive for the better part of a week, but i don't want to be at the mercy of a bus schedule to get to and from the airport.

There's usually a lot of traffic from marfa to el paso... do you know anyone in the town who might do a rideshare?

I can check with some of the musicians i know.

You should friend Gory Smelley who runs a recording studio there, Marfa Recording.

Also, if i were you, i might only eat burritos and only at Marfa Burrito.

i don't know anybody in el paso.

i wouldn't mind considering a rideshare if you know someone. i'm also thinking the lonesome road might be some good matthew mcconaughey thinking time. but let me know what you got.