Gourmet Traveller

The art of… island landing

Anna is a travel and lifestyle journalist, and author of the travel memoir Departures. @annadothart

Arriving on an island will always be an event. Admittedly not quite as dramatic an event as the Indonesians settling Madagascar some 2000 years ago, or the seafaring Vikings who first reached the Faroe Islands in the 9th century. But I like to think we modern humans have inherited fundamental respect for any journey that crosses oceans, and ingrained awe for what we will find there. Travelling to an

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