Sentences with phrase «with high cliffs»

Isla Espiritu Santo, off the coast of La Paz, contains striking natural beauty in a dramatic setting formed by rugged islands with high cliffs and sandy beaches, which contrast with the brilliant reflection from the desert and the surrounding turquoise waters.

The islands of the Sea of Cortez contain striking natural beauty in a dramatic setting formed by rugged islands with high cliffs and sandy beaches, which contrast with the brilliant reflection from the desert and the surrounding turquoise waters.

There's a reason why millions of people travel to Indonesia every single year; the postcard worthy moments are all around you and it's also the place where the world's best surfers travel to catch the waves of their life, with high cliffs and mile long beaches in the background.

Explore the beauty of Railey with its high cliffs as well as the white sand beaches from Poda and Chicken islands.

Should you prefer quiet coves with high cliffs that shelter the beach from rips and currents, the have a look at the beaches of the Cabo de Gata nature reserve near Almeria.

Portugal is a Mecca for watersports enthusiasts, which is hardly surprising considering its immense coastline, with high cliffs and stunning beaches.

We start the morning by viewing amazingly dramatic Dades Gorge with high cliffs of limestone and weirdly shapped erosions.

Not exact matches

Comments: «Our economists see growth disappointing in 2013 with added risk as a result of uncertainty surrounding the fiscal cliff... Political uncertainty is also high and history tells us that the US underperforms in the first year of a presidential cycle.»

To return to the earlier parable, ideas do not much matter if they are held or being debated by men whose investment in them is as remote as that of the man high on the cliff who idly speculates about the options available to men threatened with drowning.

High Falls Waterfall — a big waterfall with excellent swimming a bit downstream from the main fall, as well as cliff jumping.

The question of which side held the moral high ground — the NHL with its demand for a link between revenues and salaries or the NHLPA with its market - based system — would be rendered moot; high ground vanishes immediately when 30 owners and 700 - plus players follow their leaders off a cliff.

An actual rocky cliff that is approximately 2 - stories high... with a flimsy split rail fence as a «barrier».

Plus, he notes that a subset of rock climbing called bouldering — in which climbers tackle boulders or short cliff faces measuring less than 3.5 meters high, without using safety ropes — is especially popular with younger people.

And now you find them in places that are still more or less unchanged from that time — with tussock grass (Poa flabellata is the species) and these seabirds and high winds and cliffs and oceans.

An employee of the US Fish and Wildlife Service was monitoring the bird in California's Los Padres National Forest when he heard shots and accosted two men who had fired at Xewe with a.22 calibre rifle as she perched high on a cliff.

Although the drive was quite an experience, a one - way road above high cliffs with traffic in both directions at the end, it was all worth it.

I know there will be critics out there and some who may suggest that actually, schools with a higher ability intake face an equally tough challenge, meaning that if those higher ability students don't achieve then the cliff face they fall off as a school will significantly impact upon their progress score too.

Up four flights of stairs, way up in the sky, like a colony of little birds nesting on a cliff, blown about by wind with the high, airy sounds of the city coming up the hill in the ocean breeze.

It was a nearly 100 - meter - high cliff, with perpendicular sides jutting out into the Channel.

So, as Zane Grey said of one of his heroines «She'd climb the highest cliffs with just the tip of her fingernails if necessary.»

In the currency markets today, the U.S. dollar lost ground to high - yielding currencies like the Australian dollar, and the Japanese yen lost more ground after lawmakers in the U.S. came up with a last - minute deal to avoid the «fiscal cliff», this worked to increase demand for riskier currencies.

The county has amazing shoreline with the highest coastal cliffs that have an average height of 30 meters.

Magic Island is a closer option for those looking to round up their island hopping tour with some excitement — with cliff jumps ranging from 3 to 10 meters high.

With soaring cliffs from the sea, medieval villages stacked into the hillsides, it's no wonder its gained such high popularity.

The anchorage is a gorgeous crescent bay with several hundred feet high cliffs plummeting into a sprawling white sandy beach with sand dunes at its eastern end.

The site is characterized by its dramatic landscape of rocky needles, spires and cliffs that follow the horizon, with trees at higher levels often stunted by the weather and difficult climatic conditions.

The high cliffs were covered in thick green jungle, with small local homes scattered along the river's edge.

Immerse yourself in ancient Roman history when we stop at Pont Du Gard, a UNESCO World Heritage Site built in the 1st century; visit the amphitheater in Arles, the city with the most Roman remains outside of Rome, Then, moving on to the Middle Ages, visit Rocamadour, a town perched high on a cliff; walk by the ancient battlements in the beautifully preserved, medieval town of Carcassonne; and visit Beaune's Hôtel - Dieu charity hospital, built in 1443 after the Hundred Years» War left many of the town's population destitute..

Housed in a 13th - century monastery, which once was home to Cistercians monks and Cappuccini friars, the Grand Hotel Convento di Amalfi is perched on a cliff top high above sea level with spectacular views of Amalfi and the Mediterranean Coast and only steps away from the historic city center and the harbor of Amalfi.

Driving into the Drakensberg just the day before and seeing Southern Africa's highest escarpment rise up in sheer cliff's before us was jaw - droppingly beautiful and filled us with a sense of wonder mixed with a tinge of anxiety for we knew that one of the things we came here to achieve was summiting at least one of these impossibly tall peaks...

Though the island can be very busy in high season, it's undeniably beautiful - with cliffs towering above you and pristine beach giving way to dense green jungle.

Walking into the Beach House, the deck beckons with its fantastic view of 120 metre high cliffs

Hout Bay The beach is a collection of shallow open reefs and high impact zones with sheer wave faces of 15 - 25 ft.. At the base of the Sentinel Mountain cliffs this danger zone on the west side of Africa's southern coast is the most ultimate extreme surfing...

Alternatively, the bridge abseil can be coupled to or substituted with our traditional 25m sheer cliff abseiling experience with magnificent views of the Crocodile River as it meanders past high gorges towards Hartbeeespoort Dam.

Then continue visiting Uluwatu Temple which sits on a 70 - meter - high cliff protruding above Indonesian with amazing sunset view and then we watch the traditional Balinese Kecak and fire dance near uluwatu temple.

It is a beautiful island with very high sheer cliff faces dropping vertically into the water.

Set high on the cliff above Sorrento's small harbor on Port Phillip Bay, the hotel has 41 elegant rooms, some with timber finishes and exposed stone walls.

The terrain is rough and rugged with steep inclines, sandy river banks and high cliffs.

Set high on the cliff above Sorrento's small harbor on Port Phillip Bay, Great Value Hotel Sorrento (doubles from $ 198, including breakfast) has 41 elegant rooms, some with timber finishes and exposed stone walls.

Set high on the cliffs of Southern Bali, with panoramic views of the Indian Ocean, Tirtha Uluwatu...

Now, with the cable car that takes people down a 300 - meter - high cliff, you can have a look at a truly unique scenery.

Zion is a geological showplace with sandstone cliffs among the highest in the world.

James Price Point — Aside from its obvious outstanding natural beauty with its 20 metre - high red pindan cliffs, white sandy beaches and monsoonal vine thickets, from an Aboriginal cultural point of view, this headland is an integral part of the renowned Lurrajarri Heritage Trail.

Home to the bent horns of the Ibex, the high plateau of the Simien Mountains offer a more jagged landscape with deep canyons, protruding rocks, sheer cliffs, and wonderful vistas for those that trek across them.

These tepuis are abound in the 30000 square - kilometre Canaima National Park in Venezuela, and are unique with their four sides being sheer hundreds - of - meters high cliffs.

Every path calls you» round the bend to complete serenity, with many an added thrill of high verges, cliff faces and powerful rivers.

Set high on the cliffs of Southern Bali, with panoramic views of the Indian Ocean, Tirtha Uluwatu is truly a venue that will surpass all expectations.

Set high on the cliffs of Southern Bali, with panoramic views of the Indian Ocean, Tirtha Uluwatu is truly...

With the platforms set in a natural high cliff, the zip line has breathtaking views of the Caribbean coastline and lush natural scenery.

The countryside is a gently undulating mesh of forests and small fields, leading down to an undeveloped coastline of high cliffs and long empty beaches scattered with rocks.