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Field notes

Notes on island development, hospitality operations, infrastructure, sustainable tourism, and building real things in Indonesia. No travel guides.

Island DevelopmentField NotesHospitality OperationsInfrastructure

A short, honest update on the projects I'm working on across Indonesia, and the thread that connects them.

A stunning location is necessary and not sufficient. The gap between a beautiful place and a business that lasts is where most of the work lives.

Most failed island projects were lost in the quiet months before anything was built, in the decisions nobody photographs.

In remote locations, the guest experience rests entirely on infrastructure most guests never see. Get that wrong and nothing else matters.

The hard part of building a resort in Indonesia is rarely the part people plan for. A look at where the real difficulty actually lives.

Field notes on island development, hospitality, Indonesia, and building real things.