Sentences with phrase «hundreds of islands home»

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Others resisted incorporating places like Puerto Rico simply on racial grounds, as the island was home to hundreds of thousands of people with African roots.

Tybee Island Mayor Jason Buelterman said hundreds of homes were flooded there.

Reached at a motor home park in Providence, Rhode Island, Store spoke of the surge of support he's seen in recent months — the 60 like - minded people (including someone who works for Homeland Security, he boasted) who joined his small crew on the Mall in Washington, and the hundreds who gathered in Times Square in New York.

Hundreds of thousands of our friends and relatives in Puerto Rico remain without electricity after Hurricane Maria and Hurricane Irma hit the island last September, forcing thousands of people to leave their homes.

During his tour of the island Cuomo said he saw hundreds of homes with structural damage and widespread flooding and noted that the island's electrical system has been knocked offline.

Currently, Plum Island is home to undisturbed wetlands and hundreds of species, including piping plovers, which are endangered in the state.

From there we voyage northwest to a small cluster of islands that have no human inhabitants but are home to sea lions, Humboldt penguins and hundreds of thousands of seabirds, including pelicans, cormorants, Inca terns and Peruvian boobies.

In 1689, botany enthusiast Hans Sloane sailed home to England, bringing with him hundreds of natural curiosities from his 15 - month stay on a largely unexamined island called Jamaica.

The Conjuring Starring Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Ron Livingston and Lili Taylor Directed by James Wan (Saw) Rated R for sequences of disturbing violence and terror Real life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren (Wilson and Farmiga) have searched for evil activity in hundreds of homes but apparently this case of a demon haunting a family in Rhode Island is the one that they found to the most disturbing.

Tashirojima, Miyagi Home to hundreds of free - roaming kitties, this rural island is paradise for cat lovers.

The large island of Madagascar, located off the southeast coast of Africa in the Indian Ocean, is home to many unusual creatures, but one of them has become a beloved export throughout the world: the soft and shaggy Coton de Tulear, a member of the Bichon family who probably came to Madagascar as long as several hundred years ago.

Our shelter, which becomes home to hundreds of Camano Island's homeless dogs and cats each year depends on all of our fundraising events, but we truly depend on the success of our annual auction in order to keep helping the animals who need us each year.

Catalina Island Vacation Rentals offers hundreds of properties, including Catalina condos, Avalon homes and cottages and Hamilton Cove villas.

Other tours could encompass the Latin Quarter, the Botanical Gardens (the largest after Kew Gardens in England), Mont Royal Park with the nearby magnificent St Joseph's Oratory — where the middle flight of steps is reserved for pilgrims ascending on their knees — and the islands of Sainte - Helene with its Biosphere (Buckminster Fuller's geodesic dome from Expo ’67 now home to environmental themes) and Notre Dame which has a bizarre combination of both a Formula One track (which you can walk cycle or roller blade on) and hundreds of frisky groundhogs.

Two hundred miles east of this giddying street, near the Cambodian border, lies the small island of Koh Kood, home to rainforest, coconut and rubber plantations, sleepy fishing villages, and fewer than 2,000 people.

There are hundreds of reasons to choose this beautiful island as a new home, but here are the top eight.

Home to the world famous Hundred Islands in Alaminos, this province has plenty of delightful surprises awaiting to be discovered.

Guests at the art deco - inspired Sofitel Abu Dhabi Corniche will have panoramic city and sea views overlooking the picturesque Lulu Island, as well as Mina Zayed Port and Dhow Harbour — home to the hundreds of traditional wooden fishing boats.

Often featured on wildlife documentaries, this large seal colony is home not only to hundreds of Cape Fur Seals, but also to that fearsome predator of the deep, the Great White Shark, who prowl the waters around the tiny island waiting for their chance.

It's home to the largest coral reef in the Western Hemisphere, there are hundreds of islands («cayes,» as they are called locally) that dot the 240 - mile coastline and give visitors an abundance of diving opportunities.

It is the largest undisturbed wetland on the South Island and home to one of the last stands of the Kahikatea tree, the tallest of the native trees that takes hundreds of years to mature.

The waters are home to hundreds of species of tropical fish that thrive under the protection of an all - island marine park.

This is Vancouver Island, where hundreds of species of birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians call our waters home or stop here on their annual migration.

The knowledgeable crew from Rockingham Wild Encounters has, over the years, befriended hundreds of local dolphins that call the area's sheltered bays and islands home.

On island such as Samui and Phuket there are literally hundreds, if not thousands of homes for rent.

ALAMINOS CITY is the home of the famous Hundred Islands National Park.

This former British colony has a strong Caribbean vibe thanks to hundreds of miles of coastline as well as picturesque tropical islands along the Belize Barrier Reef, a UNESCO World Heritage Site home to the amazing dive sites mentioned in the TravelPulse.com article.

This small island is home to hundreds of excellent restaurants offering everything from delicious local seafood to imported delicacies.

Cruise around the island and enjoy its relax ambience while visiting the variety of tourist and local attractions including the island's downtown neighborhoods with all kinds of souvenirs such as beachwear, t - shirts and handcrafts made of wood, ceramic and conch shells, the other top - notch hotels with their beach clubs and amazing views of the Caribbean Sea, the beautiful nature and aquatic parks, the highest cliff in the Yucatan Peninsula, the all - around talc sand beaches, the Mayan temple of Ixchel and its sculptural walkway and the interesting site of the Turtle Hatchery, home of hundreds of carey, green and other sea turtles from infants to adults.

A series of paved highways make no destination more than three hours away, and yet the country is home to an astonishingly diverse landscape that includes rainforests, jungles, savannah, wetlands, a long Caribbean coastline, and hundreds of offshore islands.

«Croatia is home to hundreds of islands, which have their own individual & unique culture.

A trip to this beautiful island would not be complete without a visit to Garrafon Park, Punta Sur and a snorkeling trip to the Underwater Museum, home to hundreds of underwater sculptures that double as a complete coral reef system.

Composed of hundreds of islands and atolls, the Belize Barrier Reef is home to some of the world's finest dive spots, including the Belize Blue Hole that was a personal favorite of legendary explorer Jacques Cousteau.

The waters surrounding the island are home to hundreds of fish species, including whiting, flathead, snapper, yellowfin tuna and dolphin fish, just to name a few.

Home to more than 3000 individual reef systems and coral cays, as well as hundreds of picturesque tropical islands fringed by sun - soaked beaches, the Great Barrier Reef is one of the world's most visited tourist destinations.

A host of reports from Madagascar indicate that environmental turmoil, including raids on parks for rosewood, is rising in the wake of political upheaval in that remarkable island nation, which is home to hundreds of extraordinary animal and plant species.

Agence France - Presse reports that part of a national park on Borneo island, home to hundreds of endangered orangutans, has been turned into a development zone complete with an airport and brothel.