Private vacation rentals in Asia directly by owner,
you want to rent a beach house or a villa on a secluded island for your holiday
or your honeymoon
We live away in a wild island, off the beaten track
"trying to step lightly on the earth."
Live and dream…
It is a dream to live
away from the smog, the crowds and the tension of cities and towns. Here we
have tried to create a place that is both environment and 
people friendly; a way of life semi-independent from the rest
of the world -- we bake our bread and pastries, we make sure the fish is fresh
by catching it ourselves or going directly to the fisher folk as they come in
from the sea, electricity is generated from the sun, and fresh water is pumped
from our well. We communicate with the outside world through radio and cellular
telephone.
We live with the animals in their natural element: the birds - kingfishers, eagles, hawks, hornbills, orioles, parrots, the scrub fowl who bury their eggs in the sand...; the reptiles - geckos, giant monitor lizards and frogs and the monkeys who visit the gardens from time to time; enough butterflies to please Nabokov and the gamut of insects who announce the dawn and the dusk. It is for them that we have tried to preserve the eleven hectares that surround the house. We are proud to say that we have been able to save some patches of virgin forest.
In trying to preserve the land we try to preserve the sea as well for we also live with the once numerous inhabitants of the sea: the sea turtles who come to lay their eggs on shore; the rays that glide through the water; the giant groupers and moray eels who live amongst the coral; the parrot fish, the clown fish, the angel fish, the butterfly, etc... and the jack, the barracuda, the king mackerel, the red snapper which tastes like lobster...the creatures who lorded it over the sea till man decided they were his for the taking, the selling and the trading…their habitats being destroyed in the process their numbers diminish dramatically…
We invite you to share this environment with us and to help in the efforts to preserve what is left of this fragile ecosystem
more images: the beach house slide show
more images : within an hours boat ride away...
in front of the house, our friend the "sea turtle"
( video
1mn, video
12 mn, video
16 mn ...)
Statement:
" I can calculate the
motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people "
Isaac Newton
The events of September 11 have filled us with a profound grief.
" Pas un ne
se demande s'il vit bien, mais s'il aura longtemps à vivre.
Cependant tout le monde est maître de bien vivre;
nul, de vivre longtemps."
Sénèque
" Dreams of a Livable
Future "
Paul Hawken
if you are not seeing a slide show above, 7 images, despite having patiently waited, click
