Island Time wave the bottom of the mountain

the bottom of the mountain darker than the top

Elephants drink fifty to seventy gallons of water a day — every member of a herd will visit the waterhole every twenty-four hours when conditions allow it

content to let the set lines write themselves across the bay

Natalie shoots from the rocks below Kalalau on Kauaʻi's Nā Pali Coast

partly washed-out wooden steps that the postcards never show you climbing back up

Island Time wave the bottom of the mountainMauritius sits about 700 miles east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean a volcanic island ringed almost entirely by coral reef, which is why the lagoons inside the reef sit so flat and so blue. Pointe de Flacq is on the windward east coast, the side most international visitors skip in favor of the developed west. Alex shoots in black and white, the palm rows reading as repeating verticals against the still water.