The Indian Ocean is back in the spotlight. Swells are stacking up and surfers are busy paying excess baggage on flights. So what’s new?

It’s still hot, dirty and full of Brazilians. There’s still corruption and crazy tourists. People are still getting crunched my motorbikes daily.

But there are parties every night and Scandinavian women on every beach. And the lineups are still, well, lined up.

There might not be many new things to tell you that you don’t already know. And there might not be many new things to show you that you already haven’t seen. But with views like this, how can it get old? —Nate Lawrence