Exploring Monkeys: Telo Islands, Indonesia

Every surfer has heard about the Mentawai Islands in Indonesia. How could you not? Iconic waves like Macaronis and Telescopes have featured in any number of surf videos and magazine articles ever since they were first discovered. But visiting the Mentawai Islands doesn't exactly look like the photos anymore. Empty lineups are fast becoming a thing of the past and, unless you're prepared for some serious searching, the chances of you finding surf to yourself is quickly drying up.
But what if I told you that not far away, there is a group of islands with as much (and possibly even more) wave potential as the Mentawais that are still virtually uncrowded? Somewhere where surfing empty, world-class lineups with only you and your buddies is still possible.
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[@hayleybarram5053]

Amazing cinematography 🤩💗

[@Strayalongtheway]

Thanks :) We had so many different cameras with us and we went crazy!

[@julkaxDxD]

O wow! So beautifully shot. The editing is amazing.

[@Strayalongtheway]

Thanks so much. I learned all my editing skills from Byron :)

[@togian755]

Mentawai islands are an ecologically important archipelago in Indonesia and in need of greater conservation efforts. It is nice they have great surfing and beaches. But the beauty of mentawai is being damaged by greedy development and it needs to be controlled better. The marine and forest fauna are threatened there and it didn't need to happen.
Batu islands hopefully will not suffer like mentawai has. Btw. Is the Sunda clouded leopard still found in the Batu islands?

[@katelinelodie]

absolutely epic video!!

[@Strayalongtheway]

Hey thanks so muck. Glad you like it :)

[@AngelsPieceOfPeace]

Gentle Beauty whilst being Powerful.....only criticism I could give is that I personally would of liked a couple of shots of the sunrise at the start of video and a couple more sunset images at the end of the video, otherwise simply beautiful

[@Strayalongtheway]

Thanks for the comments Sian :) Glad you liked it - Will definitely add in some more sunrises and sunsets in future videos.