GET OFF THE GRID

Posted on 2010-09-13

It’s not very often that you can truly say you’re off the grid.
In homage to film character Shirley Valentine, our favourite runaway wife with a penchant for chatting to rocks, we’ve been scouring the world for places that lift you out of the monotony of everyday life.

Getting off the grid may not be that easy these days, so here’s our definitive top 10 places to disappear to where you can finally hear yourself think:

1.The Atacama Desert, Chile

2.Diving between tectonic plates, Iceland

3.Tari Valley, Papua New Guinea

4.The Kingdom of Bhutan

5.The Gobi Desert, Mongolia

6.The Skeleton Coast, Namibia

7.Pansy Island, Mozambique

8.Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica

9.Damascus, Syria

10.Devil’s Island, French Guiana

Here’s to being out of the loop… For more details and to book, visit www.blacktomato.co.uk or call on 020 7426 9888.