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August 20, 2009
By: WorldBeach
Category: Best Beach Vacation
Beaches Turks & Caicos is one of the most glorious beaches on the globe, twelve pristine miles of white sand, overlooking water of a thousand turquoise hues, this spot enchants with its unspoiled, mythical beauty. Located in south of the Bahamas and about 500 miles south of Miami, Florida, The Turks and Caicos Islands are a vacation paradise famous for their stunning endless wide beaches, water color, world-renowned snorkeling and scuba diving, humpback whale migration, deep-sea and bone fishing, as well as, all types of water sports, golf, cultural activities, and shopping.
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August 18, 2009
By: WorldBeach
Category: Island Vacation
Bora Bora situated about 250 km north-west of Tahiti in the Leeward group of the Society Islands in French Polynesia. In short, Bora Bora is a love at first sight. No wonder, why honeymooners, lovers, and couples flock here throughout the year to renew their marriage vows as well as to rekindle their romantic feelings.
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August 12, 2009
By: WorldBeach
Category: Dive Sites
North Sulawesi is located within the ‘Coral Triangle’, a territory which spreads from western Thailand all the way through eastern Indonesia. To the east of Borneo and below the Philippines, Sulawesi is an oddly shaped island in the Celebes Sea. North Sulawesi refers to the most northerly point. Just a few hundred meters offshore the continental shelf plunges towards the deep oceanic trenches which offers nutrient rich waters. The fact that evolution here has been uninterrupted for millions of year means that the marine life in this particular part of the Coral Triangle is extremely diverse.
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August 01, 2009
By: WorldBeach
Category: Dive Sites
Nusa Penida is the largest of 3 islands (the others being Nusa Lembongan and Nusa Ceningan). The water here is fairly cold (because of the ocean currents) but often startlingly clear, with gorgeous corals and prolific fish, with some turtle, shark (including grey reefs and silver-tips) and – Aug-Sep – Mola-Mola (the weird and wonderful Sunfish).
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August 01, 2009
By: WorldBeach
Category: Fishing Spots
Los Roques is an archipelago, rising out of the deep blue Caribbean sea and consisting of approximately 100 sq miles of islands, keys and underwater mushroom like profusions, which I later discovered went by the name of pancake flats. In amongst these minnows Tarpon crashed and Bonefish cruised. This mass of life was being attacked by phalanxes of Pelicans who would dive as one into the water and re-emerge with gullets overflowing with fish, who were in turn being attacked by squadrons of Artic Turns who would hover around the Pelicans, deftly stealing any protruding minnows from their beaks.
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