Sentences with phrase «sleepy island of»

The sleepy island of Koh Lanta is a great base for exploring some of Southern Thailand's most spectacular dive sites

To the west beckons the sleepy island of Usedom, and to the east is the full length of mighty Poland.

We spent the first half of our trip on the magical, sleepy island of Lanai.

The east coast offers access to the sleepy islands of Vieques and Culebra, where you'll find the most secluded and pristine beaches under the Puerto Rico flag.

The sleepy islands of Vieques & Culebra are some of the last true virgin islands that remain unexploited by tourism and best representing the Caribbean of the past.

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The proposals, expected to be detailed later Monday, follow a series of forums that Senate Democrats held around the state on the sudden spread of the drug from New York City to sleepy upstate communities and Long Island suburbs.

But the board was dismantled for giving the populous borough of Brooklyn the same number of votes as sleepier Staten Island, and the Council became a larger player in land use debates.

Sarah's edgy beach style was a breath of fresh air around the sleepy little streets of Balboa Island.

The Decoy Bride Directed by: Sheree Folkson — Starring: Kelly Mcdonald, Alice Eve, David Tennant, Michael Urie Summary: When the wedding of internationally famous film star Lara Tyler (ALICE EVE) to tweedy English author James Arber (DAVID TENNANT) is sabotaged by a paparazzo, they decide to relocate one place where the world's press won't find them: the sleepy Scottish Island of Hegg.

There's just one little wrinkle in this whirlwind romance: the string of mysterious murders rocking their sleepy, remote island community.

Explore some of the Caribbean's lesser visited islands, including jungle - clad Dominica; sleepy Bequia; and Terre - de-Haut, rich in Norman and Breton influence.

Days 13, 14: Sire Peninsula Once you've got the Gilis out of your system, the Sire peninsula is just a hop, skip and a jump to the north and offers a sleepy getaway from the more hectic islands.

The name Kaba Kaba comes from the sleepy town of Kaba Kaba, a beautiful example of a traditional Balinese village — one of the prettiest on the island!

With billions of dollars — and perhaps millions of visitors set to pour in — is this sleepy island ready to become the next great beach resort?

This sleepy island south of Saigon has recently been put on the map with new direct flights from Bangkok and around the country, in addition to a bevy of new openings.

With human activity dating back over 7,000 years, the island has had its fair share of residents, including everyone from the Native Americans who first called the island home, Portuguese and Spanish explorers, Russian otter hunters, English smugglers, the Chicago Cubs (who conducted Spring Training here from 1921 to 1951 — gum magnate William Wrigley Jr. owned both the team and the island at the time), to the present - day population of approximately 3,500 year - round residents residing mostly in the sleepy town of Avalon.

Coco Plum Island Resort is located in the South Water Caye Marine Reserve about 8 miles off the coast of a sleepy town 80 miles south of Belize City named Dangriga (Hopkins is just south of Dangriga).

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.

To explore, hire a scooter and make the 20 kilometre journey to the other side of the island, where life is even more sleepy and the locals even more friendly.

When Paul Adams came to Roatan in the mid-1960s to establish a scuba diving outpost, he found a sleepy island with just a handful of small fishing villages, and no roads to speak of.

This once sleepy island now offers most of the amenities that a typical North American or European expatriate expects, while still retaining the laid back, healthy lifestyle that appeals to big city escapees.

Located at the end of a quiet road, in the sleepy village of Puako on Hawaii's Big Island is a villa whimsically named, Home of the Hula Moon.

Sleepy Coral Bay lies tucked away on at the unspoiled southeastern side of the island, and our Coral Bay villas are ideal for a secluded getaway.

For a sleepy island that seems so off the grid, you will be surprised by the quality of blissful hotels and delicious restaurants.

The largest of these islands, Ambergris Caye, is a thriving hotspot for tourists, expats and locals that can trace their lineage back on the island to the days of a small sleepy fishing village.

Further afield they will encounter historic sugar mill ruins, the sleepy village of Coral Bay and glorious views of offshore islands set in a cerulean sea.

From sleepy Kep and colonial Kampot to the stunning scenery of the Cardamom Mountains via idyllic islands and private Sihanoukville beach.

Though no longer the sleepy fishing village that divers first discovered in the 1960s, the island of Cozumel retains much of its small - town charm.

Pine - clad and peaceful, Campbell Island has a handful of sleepy coastal communities, the most well - known being Bella Bella.

Top new European itinerary — the hip Balearics Star Flyer will operate a series of seven - night voyages from the yachting paradise of Palma de Mallorca in summer 2014, cruising the Balearic islands (a favourite sailing spot of the King of Spain) and calling at anchorages only accessible to small ships, including the sleepy but beautiful islands of Formentera and lively Puerto Pollença on Mallorca.

Don Khong: The largest island in the Si Phan Don area, the interior of Don Khong is almost entirely given over to rice cultivation and a forested mountainous area, while just about all the accommodation is crammed into and around the sleepy town of Muang Khong, on the island's east coast.

Its place in the Ancient Mayan world, how the Island became a pirates» refuge, the founding of San Pedro out of the terror of civil war, life in a sleepy fishing village.

Off Sicily's north coast we found an island of raw scenic beauty with dramatic volcanic cliffs plunging into the sea, sleepy villages amidst verdant mountains, colourful fishing boats on pebbly beaches, hills covered in wild capers and vines heavy with grapes for sweet malvasia wine.

The Sleepy Lagoon Hotel Motel is located in Tin Can Bay which is adjacent to the southern end of World Heritage Listed Fraser Island.

This sleepy beach resort town draws more than half of all Malaysia's tourism to its shores because of its beautiful island beaches overlooking the South China Sea.

Twice the size of its busier neighbor, this captivating island is all ancient volcanoes, sleepy villages and magnificent beaches.

Set on 2 acres in the sleepy township of Rhyll, Phillip Island, this is the perfect escape for a romantic getaway.

The resort is set on the sleepy, refined British West Indies island of Nevis in the eastern... MORE Caribbean.

Compass Point (www.compasspoint.ky) is located in the tranquil, sleepy East End of Grand Cayman close to some of the island's legendary wrecks; also newly Green Globe Certified is Cobalt Coast (www.cobaltcoast.com) in West Bay, a 15 minute drive from Seven Mile Beach, and popular with families wishing to learn to dive as well as technical and advanced divers.

Sal Rei is located on the tiny island of Boa Vista (which means «beautiful view»), and in spite of its sleepy village feel is actually the island's capital and home to 12,000 residents.

On the western coast of Mauritius, an island that lies like a jewel on the glassy belt of the Indian Ocean, is nestled Flic en Flac, a small town that emerged 20 years ago from a sleepy fishing village near a beautiful beach.

Vietnam beach tours include Vietnam holidays amidst miles of beaches, deserted bays, remote islands as well as coral reefs and many water activities that are found in areas such as Nha Trang, Muine, Phu Quoc, Long Hai, Whale Island, Danang... they are just few among a gamut of beaches dotting the coast Vietnam travelers will find including chill backpacker hangouts, luxurious resort getaways and sleepy fishing villages.

Imagine strolling down your private beachfront, in a sleepy little village somewhere in the exotic Indonesian island of Bali.

• In the sleepy fishing villages of the Small Cyclades islands, you're more likely to break bread with a local than a tourist

The journey begins in Bali, and as you will sail along the string of sleepy islands through to Komodo, you'll notice life is so much better at sea.

If your idea of the perfect island retreat is a romp through lush tropical rain forest, then the sleepy area of Hana is the place to be.

Jimbaran formerly is a sleepy fishing village that started to change in the 1980s to became one of the island's favorite destination and the calm bay renowned for its beachfront grilled seafood restaurants and is the home to five stars beach resorts and the high - end Bali villas.

Needless to say, when hard - partying twenty - something Jason Brody, his two brothers and their gang of friends go on a vacation to this island hideaway, none of them anticipated what would happen after a skydiving mishap sends the group of trust fund kids into the heart of a pirate infested nightmare masquerading under the sleepy beaches and idyllic ramshackle villages of Rook Iisland hideaway, none of them anticipated what would happen after a skydiving mishap sends the group of trust fund kids into the heart of a pirate infested nightmare masquerading under the sleepy beaches and idyllic ramshackle villages of Rook IslandIsland.

In his 1963 classic, Cat's Cradle, iconic writer Kurt Vonnegut described the sleepy little Caribbean island of San Lorenzo, where the populace was mesmerized by the prophet Bokonon, who created his own religion and his own vocabulary.

Forget the concept of the laid - back island life and the sleepy main street, it's gone, replaced by endless carparks interspersed with dirt and potholes.