Winter is seeming very long and cold this year and I can’t stop thinking about going to the ocean for some R & R, but I would like to go to a nice place, a new place. I would like to sit under the sun and look at blue water. I would like to hear the sound of the waves and smell the salt air, and perhaps drink something exotic like a pina colada. I would like to do this for about a month, but who has that kind of free time? So I have been investigating ocean get-aways. My wandering has led me to places I know I will not go or places that are known to be the “worst beach destinations”.
Unless I want to swim with sharks I think I will avoid Africa and Australia where they seem to be abundant:
Just look at the size of his mouth, I think he could swallow that guy whole! I have always been fascinated with sharks, but have never wanted to swim with them. This photo was taken of a shark in South Africa.
If I decide to vacation in Japan I could be swimming with the species known as the frilled shark, well I wouldn’t exactly be swimming with him, but he would be down there in deep, deep water hiding. He really looks like something prehistoric, doesn’t he? I could see him up close at Japan’s Awashima Marine Aquarium. He’s kind of freaky!
I would not want to be caught alone with this fellow who looks like he could eat a lot. So I am figuring I will NOT go where there are sharks!
I also think at this point I will avoid dirty beaches like this one in Virginia or this one in New York
But most of all I think I will avoid China where it seems the idea of sunning yourself has been shunned in favor of Mcdonalds Umbrella advertising
Where is the pleasure in that? Whoa!
So my search continues!
And I can still fantasize:
The first and last pictures look like they’ve been taken in the Maldives. It’s really heaven on earth there, except if there’s a tsunami coming. Nothing is perfect in this world.
I believe you are correct the photos are from Maldives. I forgot to factor in tsunamis and of course the cost of a ticket to get there…;)
Eek. The frilled shark is one scary looking mofo. And the beach in NY…pretty much looks like our beach every spring. Ugh.
It is so sad that eventually every idyllic beach is taken over with tourists.
The frilled shark looks like something from long ago! It’s sad that beaches look like that now and I think it drives tourists to the other places. I would be nice if we could keep our beaches clean!
Kailua or Lanikai Beach in HI (Oahu). On the other side of the island from Honolulu and Waikiki away from all the tourists.
I lived there for 2 years–heaven, I tell you.
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Thank you!
Actually, the pictures of the umbrellas are actually in Korea, not China. As it happens China has quite a nice beach resort area at Hainan Island.
wow i love the way the frilled shark looks. it looks like it would be very historic. i wonder how many of them are left prob not much with all the shark hunters now adays. an the beach, i think it would b a miricale if there was a beach that nice now a days also, the fact that we trash our planet an we go to beautiful places just to destroy them about kills me. fck ppl. =/
One of the key factors in having a truly enjoyable beach vacation is choosing the right beach hotel. Your budget need not be a reason to limit yourself to some sleazy, hole-in-the-wall type of hotel, or a mediocre bed and breakfast inn.