Author: Maxwell Roche

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A Trip To Taiwan; The Pacific’s Alternative Surf Destination

“Xièxie” I say to the smiley-eyed baker as she closes the condensation-filled cabinet and emerges from a cloud of vapour like a contestant on ‘Stars in their Eyes’. She hands me a carrier bag bulging with a selection of the…

By Maxwell Roche

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Life In A Private Island Paradise; This Is Surfing For The One Percent

“Show me your glass my friend” says Pavel, a mysterious Russian, as he fills my outstretched tumbler to the brim with thirty-year-old single malt whiskey. I stand in slack-jawed disbelief, soft reggae lapping at my eardrums, as he then proceeds…

By Maxwell Roche

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Beyond The Postcards; What An Expensive Boat Trip To The Maldives Is Really Like

“I be Blackbeard!” growls Wil as he emerges from below deck brandishing the chef’s rusty fish-filleting hatchet to a chorus of rising chuckles. Elbowing the captain out of the way with a comedic tip of his fancy dress pirates hat,…

By Maxwell Roche