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August 26, 2009
By: WorldBeach
Category: Best Beach Vacation
Halong Bay attracts approximately 90% of the tourists who approach to Vietnam. It’s a good-looking bay comprising 1,500 four-sided figure km situating on the bay of Tonkin bay on the South China Sea. Although it forms fraction of the sea, its waters are tranquil and strangely emerald. It has nearly 2,000 islands. The enchanting ground masse of the bay is of limestone plus dolomite, and there are many grottos and caves intended for visitors to take pleasure in.
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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 06, 2009
By: WorldBeach
Category: Island Vacation
Koh Similan Island is by far the most beautiful group of dive sites in Thailand and one of the best areas for diving in the entire world. The Similan Islands, located about one hundred kilometers northwest of Phuket, are composed of nine granite islands covered in tropical jungle, washed by a clear blue tropical ocean and blessed with some of the world’s finest beaches.
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August 06, 2009
By: WorldBeach
Category: Best Beach Vacation
Karon Beach is one of the best beaches for water fun.Karon Beach is very long, 5km (3 miles), with fine white sand that squeaks when you walk on it throughout its entire length. Sea turtles are occasional nocturnal visitors, laying their eggs in the sand at night time. In the Southwest monsoon season (May to October) there can be heavy swell. Pay attention to the red warning flags when they’re flying.
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August 05, 2009
By: WorldBeach
Category: Best Beach Vacation
Located in a crescent on Thailand’s Eastern Seaboard, only 147 km from Bangkok, is the closest of Thailand’s major beach resorts to the capital city – Pattaya Beach. While most beaches rely simply on the beauty of their natural surroundings for their charm, Pattaya Beach ‘a 4km crescent-shaped sandy bay’goes all out to give visitors everything their hearts desire.
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