Ownership of St. Lucia’s Beaches in Question Written by Matthew Hunte St. Lucians can usually visit any beach they choose [1], but thanks to a recent celebrity wedding, the beach surrounding a local resort was deemed off limits, raising longstanding questions about beach access and the cost benefits of large resorts. The […]
Cool hills and dense jungles to sun -kissed beaches
Produce fascinating vistas of breathtaking beauty Cool hills and dense jungles to sun –kissed beaches Nestling between the eastern and the Western Ghats and sloping down into the Arabian Sea in the west is Karnataka, formerly knows as Mysore. Chiefly a tableland, it is the home of sandalwood and spice, ebony and elephant, coffee […]
Gokarna: Place of Temples, Tracks and Beaches
Gokarna has a long association for me as I have been crossing it many times on my visit to Kumta (My Grandparent’s house) from Mumbai Science my childhood. However it was while making our yearly pilgrimage to Shiva’s Mahabaleshawr temple and other smaller temples nearby that I finally got to see the pristine beaches […]
How safe are San Francisco Bay beaches and water a year after the Cosco Busan oil spill?
Story by Aaron Crowe A "dirty bathtub ring" and a some oil under a few rocks are about all that remain from the Cosco Busan oil spill more than a year ago in the San Francisco Bay. The spill of nearly 54,000 gallons of heavy fuel when the container ship hit the San Francisco […]
Libyan Blogs Discuss Beaches, Diplomacy and Privacy
Posted by Fozia Mohamed to Global Voices Online The sprawling summer days in Libya have kicked in fast bringing with them the beach season, which for me carries wafts of childhood holiday memories and, funnily enough, watermelons. As expected there were a few summer related posts on the Libyan blogosphere. After all with approximately 2000 […]
Easter Sunday drives people to beaches
With Easter Sunday already on the heels of most Christian world’s devotees, the most beautiful beaches in the world are selling like hot cakes in the tourism markets. But apart from the revenues that the respective countries can reap, they have their drawbacks too. Environmental safety considerations are among the concerns of most governments whenever […]
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