Our guide to Isla Grande tells you where to go, where to eat and what to
expect on this small island off Panama's Caribbean coast.
The house AC is lacking, we ran out of gas during the middle of cooking an expensive meal, and the water stopped working a couple of times (issues
expected on a small island) but really inconvenient with 11 people and toilets that wouldn't flush for 6 hours for a couple of days.
Not exact matches
Cuomo is
expected to announce today that Super Sweep Inc., a
small manufacturer of push brooms and brushes
on Long
Island, hopes to boost its workforce by nearly sixfold to 35 people in a $ 4.5 - million project set for Huntington Station.
The Oysterponds school district in Orient, one of the
smallest schools in the state, is the only district
on Long
Island that failed to have its teacher evaluation plan approved by Thursday's deadline and is
expected to lose some state aid as a result of not having an approved - plan in place.
Future City Dongtan China watches over every drop of water
On a
small, thinly populated
island about 14 miles off the coast of Shanghai, a city is rising that could spell salvation for the 1 billion people
expected to live in China's urban areas by 2045.
Finally, if the macaques have had an evolutionarily significant effect
on prey biology, we would
expect to find that shellfish
on Koram, which are exposed to increased predation pressure, mature at a younger age (and
smaller size) than shellfish
on NomSao
island.
Additionally, if macaques follow patterns seen in human shellfish foraging (Mannino and Thomas, 2002), we
expect that the macaques would preferentially target larger prey, which would lead to
smaller prey available
on the heavily populated Koram
Island than
on NomSao
Island.
DLDD affected and prone areas are
expected to increase in the future, causing severe impacts
on their economies, especially in the Least Developed Countries,
Small Islands Developing States and other developing countries.
The
small population that re-established
on mainland Ascension in 2012 grew rapidly from 2 pairs in 2012 (of which 1 chick successfully fledged) to > 100 pairs in 2016, and is
expected to grow further as more birds re-distribute from Boatswainbird
Island.
Well, not full exactly, but the Thai
island (and its
smaller nearby cousins, known for their white sand beaches and DEET - laced alcoholic cocktails) is
on path for another record - setting year, with an estimated 4.7 million visitors
expected to visit the
island in 2012, up from 4.2 million in 2011.
It's a great opportunity to get a glimpse of local plants and animals — a
small sample of what you can
expect on the main
island.
Don't
expect the type of all - inclusive resort you'd find
on a tropical
island: the charming,
small - town vibe is what makes Myrtle Beach such a popular destination.
Due to Formentera's proximity to Ibiza, the crossing connecting the two
islands is short and generally operated by
small passenger vessels with less
on board amenities than you may
expect to find
on a longer crossing.
Further south, 10 minutes walk away, Centara Tropicana Resort, is one of the largest
on the
island but only has a relatively
small stretch of beachfront, so
expect the battles for sunbeds to be fierce.
Thursday's swell was
expected to be
smaller so many of the guests opted for a relaxing morning - a little trip to the outer
island to gather shells, a swim workout, yoga or a full
on lounge session.
Based
on guest who have already done a liveaboard journey to Cocos
island, they said that the rooms are comfortably big and not
small as what you will be
expecting.
In the event of increasing extreme events such as cyclones (hurricanes)(see Section 16.3.1.3) forest biodiversity could be severely affected, as adaptation responses
on small islands are
expected to be slow, and impacts of storms may be cumulative.
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