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Japan’s Ocean Dome, Great Architecture Man-Made Indoor Beach

August 18, 2009 By: WorldBeach Category: Best Beach Vacation

Japan's Ocean Dome, Great Architecture Man-Made Indoor Beach 1

Japanese people well known as a creative in made some inventions, like the artificial beach named Japan’s Ocean Dome.The world’s one and only indoor beach can be found about 1,200 miles south of Tokyo in Miyazaki, on Japan’s southernmost Kyushu Island. The water is always blue and salt-free, waves are perfectly timed, sharks are elsewhere, and its never too hot, or cold, to take a dip.

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Similan Archipelago National Park (Mu Ko Similan) Thailand, Spectacular Natural Beauty of Andaman Sea

July 24, 2009 By: WorldBeach Category: Island Vacation

Similan Archipelago National Park (Mu Ko Similan) Thailand, Spectacular Natural Beauty of Andaman Sea

Thailand offers amazing underwater views that are worth seeing. Similan Archipelago National Park is made up of 9 small islands. It covers an area of 130 square kilometers. It is situated 50 kilometers off the west coast of Phangnga in the Andaman Sea. Sometimes, Ko Similan is referred as Ko Kao, or Nine Islands as the nine of them also has the number as a nickname. Actually, similan is corrupted from the Malay word “sembilan” for nine. From the north to the south, the archipelago comprises Ko Bon, Ko Ba Ngu, Ko Similan, Ko Payu, Ko Miang (actually two islands), Ko Payan, Ko Payang, Ko Ku Yong. They are just petite islands and most of them are uninhabited except for park officials and occasional tourist groups.

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