Ok, you think it's all the fancy life for our reporters and camera folks crisscrossing the planet on their quest for exciting stories? Well, yes. And no, because much of it is very hard work, including hours of shooting on trash dumps. But even when a little break seems well deserved our reporter Manuel and cameraman Axel stay on the job – sort of. While Manuel is crafting the story that's supposed to come out of all the footage, Axel is exploring new frontiers with his cameras. Check out the result for yourself. We bet you've never experienced surf-riding as intensely as here – unless you've been on a board yourself:

Here's what Manuel says: "During a break we took some surf-pictures. We put a special camera on the Surfboard of Nino, the surfer. At the end of the take the camera broke. Many thanks to Nino." For anyone interested in repeating the stunt, Axel adds: "This video was shot in a few hours at Keramas Beach with the Go Pro HD (720p, 25fps) and the Sony EX 3 (Full HD). Rough Cut and no color correction. Many thanks to Nino, the Surfer."

GLOBAL IDEAS talked to Sushma Joshi, a Nepali writer and filmmaker based in Kathmandu. In our interview, she says that the developing world suffers from the consequences of climate change – while industrialized countries are largely responsible. And if those countries don't change their policies, the world could look very bleak in 50 years.

Joshi's book End of the World was long-listed for the Frank O' Connor International Short Story Award in 2009. She's the author of a widely read Sunday column in Nepal's leading English-language daily "The Kathmandu Post". Her 2006 short-film "The Escape" about a teacher targeted by rebels was accepted to the Berlinale Talent Campus.

For more on Sushma Joshi have a look at her blog: The Global And The Local

We start at one of Bali's beautiful beaches. The tourists here are complaining about the garbage on the Island. The woman on the sun-lounger in the film says that there are too many people in the country who don't work. She adds that those people should clean up the streets. But she's not aware that a lot of people are already collecting garbage on the trash dumps. There's just too much of it. One of the reasons for the growing garbage is the booming tourism industry on the island. Tourists are producing most of the trash. Environmentalists are working on a solution–a functional recycling system. A woman collecting garbage says that she separates the glass from plastic bottles to sell them later on.

People living on a dump. These Balinese collect plastic bottles and other stuff that can be sold for recycling. For a kilo of bottles, they get around 5 Euros. That's how recycling works on the island. It's a basic system but the only one that works. There are high-tech dumps elsewhere. But they're not working because nobody is able to maintain the machines. It seems to be the only way to get rid of all the garbage.

GLOBAL IDEAS Reporter Manuel Özcerkes has just started filming in Bali for one of our upcoming reports "Recycling in Bali":

Today was the first day of filming. We were looking for illegal dumps. We found one and the smell was overpowering. Even though it's probably not that old, the trash already fills a small valley. Around and on top of this dump live a few families. They collect plastic bottles to try and earn some money.
 
In the afternoon we went out to a black-sand beach. We needed the beautiful Bali images we were used to as a way to balance out the trash dump. It was perfect surfing weather. The beach was empty and quite amazing. Unfortunately there was no time for a dip in the water, because there is still a lot to do here. A lot to see, a lot to learn and a report to create.