Paradox of the existential penguin
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The chief of the village was drunk when he took me to the tomb of the Queen of Nias Island. High on a hill above the coconut palms was the fantastic monument with finely carved dragons writhing around its pillars. It was from the balcony of the Queen’s tomb that I first saw the wave wrapping into a small bay. I asked the chief about it, but he quickly changed the subject. He just wanted me to play a song. “Rock Star!” he slurred.
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Breizh proverb
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In 2005 Kelly Slater was on his way to his seventh world title at the QuikSilver pro France 2005.
I’m not usually a fan of big crowds, especially when it comes to the joys of surfing, or hanging around in the middle of 10000 dumb chicks and raging alpha males, but it happened that day that the surf was too stormy for average Joe and contestable enough for the pros. So I went to this contest to have a look.
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The great thing about Indo is you can normally stay and travel all around for not much money.
Years ago, I managed to book a 992$ trip on a boat with five other guys. At that time it was quite manageable to avoid the crowds. But this kind of boat trip ended quickly and the Mentawai business moved up to another scale.
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