The Island Diaries

The host visits islands around the globe and interacts with the locals to learn about their day-to-day lives.

Singapore is an impressive city-state, with green skyscrapers, popular and pleasant social housing and favorable for family life.

Located at the mouth of the Amazon, the Brazilian island of Marajó is as large as Switzerland; it is an often flooded territory, but endowed with a generous nature and shelters a unique and resourceful people.

Off the coast of Maine, the Fox Islands are a sparsely populated archipelago where seafood abounds and the atmosphere is serene.

Ibiza is a cult place for hippies and revelers. The flood of travelers is both good and bad, but the local community has redoubled its efforts to protect the island's environment. (5 of 8)

An idyllic island of the Pacific, Palau looks like a paradise; a matrilineal society with roles well-defined by the rich local culture, its harmony seems palpable.