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Hacker Beach #12, January 2024

Mahajanga, Madagascar

Prospective locations (notes)

Africa

• Mafia Island, Tanzania - Just south of Dar Es Salaam, "Zanzibar 30 years ago". Small beach town with no roads
• Vilanculos, Mozambique - Mozambique capital of water sports. A walkable beach town
• The Gambia - The Gambia (assuming no civil (ok too much) civil unrest in January
• Mayotte - Island off the coast of Madagascar. French department
• Cape Verde - Island country with 9 islands to explore via ferry or air. Mountainous islands with beaches incl a volcano island
• Togo and Ghana - Togo for the beaches, Ghana for the parks and lakes
• Réunion, Part of France/eurozone, has beaches and two volcanos

Americas

• Nosara, Costa Rica - Lots of beach, lots of surfing. No vehicle needed, canopy hiking, yoga. "Cheaper, local, informal accomodation"
• Fernando de Noronha - ~350km off the coast of Brazil

Uruguay

• La Paloma - Small surf town, fiber internet, cheap accommodation, good weather. All walking.
• Cabo Polonio - Hamlet on the Eastern coast, partly in a nature reserve, surrounded by ocean and sand dunes

Mexico

• Zipolite - Oaxaca, Small beach town, 1km long beach (nudist destination)
• Mazunte - Oaxaca, small beach town, backpackers, cheap, plenty of things to do. Good swimming.

Asia

• Langkawi, Malaysia
• Penang, Malaysia
• Hainan, China - An island off the southern coast of China
• Green Island, Taiwan - A small island off the eastern coast of Taiwan
• Ko Lanta, Thailand - One of the few south Thai islands that's not overrun by tourists
• Koh Kong, Cambodia - The "frontier town" of Cambodia. Still being built up, a bit like Phu Quoc
• Krui, Sumatra - Surf spot, but for advanced people
• San Juan, Le Union, Phillipines - Surf spot for beginners and advanced people.
• Sumba, Indonesia - Surf spot for beginners and advanced people.
• Ko Yao (also spelled Koh Yao), Thailand - two other southern Thai islands, Ko Yao Noi and Ko Yao Yai. Needs more research, recommended by a Thai friend. It wasn't overrun by tourists when she went there two years ago
• Siargao Philippines - "the Surfing Capital of the Philippines"
• El Nido Palawan Philippines
• Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India

Pacific Islands

• Mamanuca Islands - Archipelago close to the Fiji's main island. See fiji.travel, surftravel.com

Official locations

• Palomino, Colombia - Jan 2020
• Busuanga, Philippines - Jan 2019
• Petite Côte, Sénégal (road trip to Banjul, Gambia) - Jan 2018
• Labuan Bajo, Flores, Indonesia - Jan, 2017
• Canoa, Ecuador - Jan, 2016
• Portsmouth, Dominica - Jan, 2015
• Lamu, Kenya - Jan, 2014
• Phú Quốc, Vietnam - Jan, 2013

Related places

• St Martin, Netherlands Antilles
• Curacao, Netherlands Antilles
• Nairobi, Kenya
• Mauritius

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