Before large and expensive homes supplanted them, So. Mission Beach was lined with charming one and two-story bungalows sitting along public pathways blending gracefully with sea and sand with the comings-and-goings of laid-back beach-lovers surfing and sunning.

The old south mission is alive and well with the warmth of hosts J-me and Clark and their happy little cottage, charming and efficient and well-stocked with bikes and boards.