It would not be quite accurate to call the island pretty - the landscape is quite austere and even desert-like, with big cacti in the east. Then you suddenly find yourself standing on top of steep cliffs, hypnotized by the raging surf. Divers are in their element: the sea is crystal-clear and the coral reefs [...]
The mixture is the thing! Two islands, one state, and the differences could not be greater. The colorful interplay of the various peoples and religions, mainly the descendants of African slaves and migrant workers from India who divide the two island state off the coast of Venezuela, is absolutely captivating. In Trinidad, people abandon themselves [...]
Some 12,000 different species of animals and plants are exhibited in the New England Aquarium. Each of several large tanks recreates the habitat of a different type of underwater world. The ultimate highlight is an 26-foot high salt water tank with a coral reef. Here, you can marvel at dozens of species of circling coral [...]
Candi Dasa could be used as a textbook example of over-exploitation of nature, which is still taking revenge. The beautiful beach in front of the bungalow complex was once protected by a coral reef, which fell prey to dynamite fishing and pillage for building materials.
Nature retaliated and flooded the beach. Now, only when the [...]
