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Hamoa Beach, Maui, Hawaii

You’ll find Hamoa Beach about a ten minutes drive from little Hana. The beautiful drive is easy to make, with lots of great scenery along the way. There isn’t a parking lot, so you’ll need to park on the side of the road and walk down the steps to the beach. Parking won’t a problem [...]

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Hulopoe Beach, Lanai Hawaii

The calm, clear waters at Hulopoe Bay make it an excellent place for snorkeling and scuba diving. The waters here are part of a protected Marine Life Sanctuary and underwater park and they are brimming with sea life. Hanauma Bay is one of the best and most popular snorkeling and swimming areas in the world. [...]

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The Girl from Ipanema - Beach in Brazil

I don’t think there is another song that so enchanted the world back in mid 1960′s than The Girl From Ipanema. Antonio Carlos Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes co-wrote the song in 1962 and it was a perfect for the time as any smash hit today. And what exactly inspired the song? Well, some say [...]

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Brazil Beach Pictures

What has made Rio famous is its Carnival. Just north of Recife is the beautiful colonial town of Olinda, which has one of Brazil’s best carnival celebrations. The travel highlight (in terms of beaches) of this region is undoubtedly Fernando de Noronha, which Brazilians will tell you has the best beaches in Brazil. Rio de [...]

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Cost of Living Near Ipanema Beach Rio

Ipanema is one of the most expensive places to live in Rio. At the forefront of beach culture are the many surfers and sun worshippers who socialize daily at the beach. Although beachfront rentals are highly sought after they tend to be more expensive than the rentals that are close, but not on the beach. [...]

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Hawaii Beach Scenes

This beach stirs the imagination as brave surfers perform death-defying feats. Swimming is unthinkable in the winter, and strong currents can even be encountered during the rest of the year. I could feel sand going into my nose and every place imaginable that you don’t want sand, if you know what I mean. I tried [...]

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Best Caribbean Beaches

Why drive to the beach when you can just walk out the front door onto the gorgeous, white sand? Here are some of our favorite resorts located on the beach in the Caribbean. Along the main stretch of beach, the sand is public to the high-water mark, so a nonstop line of visitors and vendors [...]

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Rio de Janeiro Beaches

Ipanema beach is extremely diverse and entertaining: you can surf, play soccer, fresco ball, volleyball, buy a bikini, drink coconut water, cycle or run along the board walk. At weekends the beach gets filled by locals, called “Carioca”, who literary spend the whole day chatting and sunbathing: a flamboyant gay community stands in front of [...]

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Ipanema Beach Volleyball Pictures and Review

Ipanema Beach is considered one of the most beautiful in the world and was made famous by the song The Girl from Ipanema. This area has always played a role in the culture of Rio de Janeiro. Ipanema beach is lined with tents selling food and drink and renting beach chairs. One good place, run [...]

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Dominican Republic Beaches

Did you know there are no thunderstorms in the Dominican Republic? This makes for wonderful, long days at the beaches where the only thing you really have to worry about is the traffic on your way to and from the beach - unless… unless you’re in awe inspiring Punta Cana or on the northern coast [...]

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