^yup, good luck with that idea. I like my malls & being away from the big city for only an hour or so. Where I live, it's still provincial but near enough to the city. My dad grew up in a very small, provincial town. It's nice for occasional visits, but too quiet & isolated for me. Heck, he left it for better education & job prospects!

I've visited islands small enough to have only resorts/ cottages for guests (during a boat tour in Coron, Palawan - there's a thread about that in the PI section). Sure, it sounds idyllic, but you have to think of practicalities - you'd have to set up your own electricity, water, internet, supplies, etc. Plus, being in the Philippines, what if there's a typhoon/ earthquake / tsunami (or all of the above) and the island is cut off from the mainland? The realities of living off grid...

Anyway, enough of maudlin thoughts. It's Friday! Cheers & keep on trucking, or in your case, sailing!