Right now, you might be thinking to yourself, 'self, I don't see any Number 9.'
Well, you're right.
Number 10: New Zealand.
Lord of the Who? Shit.
Number 9: Guam.
I don't know much about this island, besides a few National Geographic shots that I've seen. Looks pretty cool, though.
Number 8: Wild Goose Island.
Lin and I admired this island from the shore of St. Mary Lake back in September. For such a small rock to have at least five trees growing on it, you know it's gotta be doing something right.
Number 7: Eilean Donan.
Also known as the 'Highlander Castle' this is only truly an island at high tide.
Good enough for me.
Number 6: Isle of Man.
Just take a look for yourself: here and here.
Number 5: Culebrita.
Jess tells me that this island 'just plain rocks.' Seems okay enough. And close to my number 3.
Number 4: Isle of Lewis.
Up in the Outer Hebrides, wind swept and weather-worn. The Morrison's originated here, so you know there's something good going on up there.
Number 3: Cuba.
How awesome is it that there's some island nation out there that's been deliberately cut off from its 'most powerful' neighbor, and it doesn't even care. Their cars don't even predate 1950-something, they have giant endangered rats that they consider delicacies, and they produced Ibrahm Ferrar.
Number 2: Bikini.
Ok, so it's more of a atoll, and I don't know if those are really considered islands. But, I figured, it's sticking out of the Pacific Ocean, so that's close enough for me.
Anyway, for a tropical landform to take a beating like the Bikini Atoll, and still not produce those giant ants like in 'Them!', hell, I should say it's done pretty well for itself.
Number 1: Skye.
Alec and Lindsey will both agree with me on this, and they each saw a completely different side of things there. In March with Lin, it was a wind-swept forbidding landscape, with an eerie sense of desolation. In June with Alec, it was a warm, sunny, green paradise. Two totally different places.
And there you have it.
Originally, this was going to simply be a list of Top Ten Places, but when Sanjeev, the infamous Spam, confronted me in the galleries at work with a demand that I produce five Islands that I consider neat, I figured I was already halfway there.
Sanjeev is awesome! Awesome in a "wow you're always REALLY excited to see me even though I've never talked to you for more than 3 minutes at a time" sort of way.
Posted by: Jenny at December 24, 2004 9:17 PMTAM4LYFE