Hints and tips:
...I move upwind, tracing the shore in glorious long tacks. As I pass, pallid ghost crabs run away along the sand, seeking refuge under bleached driftwood. Above me, the first stars are appearing....
...The coup de grâce: a fly-by-night rental office in the basement of a Nice hotel that flew by night, stranding me and my 88-year-old father at 11pm....
...Maps provided with the boat show details of free public moorings, a few private ones reserved for the company’s rental boats, and commercial marinas that charge a modest daily fee....
...Together there are five bedrooms, plus a pool and outdoor kitchen — though the village tavernas are a short stroll away....
...While parts of the journey can be taken by bus, car and boat, days-long stretches have to be made on foot to avoid Chinese surveillance....
...Hanifaru Bay, which has one of the world’s largest manta populations, is a 25-minute boat ride away, and guests can get thrillingly up close and personal with the gentle giants....
...The main part of Miami Beach is an area roughly nine miles long and one mile wide, connected to Miami by several long causeways....
...Above all, sitting down and just drinking in the scene around, being an undiluted part of this new here and now, disengaged from the pocket anchor that always drags you away from your surroundings with all...
...Miami and Miami Beach....
...Captains would round the fortress and drop anchor off a tiny beach, climb a short path and give thanks at the cathedral, the second oldest in the Americas. The Palacio Provincial is next door....
...Instead, they visit by boat, spending days on the island but sleeping below deck or on the beach....
...A long path leads down to the pool, where the smooth edges and sloping depth create an illusion of sea....
...I’ve been travelling a long time....
...Savills Greece is marketing a new-build, two-bedroom 120 sq m villa on Tinos, with views across the hills and to the sea 5km away, for €395,000....
...After a few years of working the bar and the boats in summers away from his arts and photography degree, he took over. He’s now managing director while Anouska, 28, runs guest relations....
...Pacific beach....
...It’s almost the first generic, touristy question I’ve been asked, and anywhere but the Westfjords would lead to a generic, touristy boat tour....
...I listened to the banter among local fishermen who slept through the midday sun in the cool of their narrow wooden boats pulled up on the beach; they used their nets as pillows, the odd foot or hand lolling...
...— called Shikoku, but I’m not here for long....
...For boat rental at Casale, see leboat.co.uk; instruction is given and the boats have cabins so you can moor for the night at numerous spots around Venice and the Lagoon....
...In the national museum by the waterfront we saw an umiak, the driftwood and sealskin boat used for whaling, this one recovered after lying untouched on a frigid beach for 500 years....
...I grew up not far away....
...“There’s maybe two or three boats in high season.”...
...The house, where the Obamas stayed in 2013, sits on 9.5 acres of wooded hillside and includes access to an Atlantic beach reached by boat from a private dock....
...The fire did not trouble Scauri, where the ferry comes in from Sicily (journey time: two to seven hours, depending on the boat)....
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