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 Equador No, Charles Darwin didn't discover the Galapagos Islands – it just seems that way. Although that most famous of scientists only spent five weeks here, he managed to see enough to keep him thinking for a half-century. And if you don't have at least a passing acquaintance with Darwin and his voyage aboard the HMS Beagle, this archipelago probably isn't your cup of tea. On the other hand, if natural history is your personal connection to the world around you, by all means set sail for this volcanic cluster off the coast of Equador.
Today, many tourists visiting this "living laboratory..
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 an Article by Bob Payne It was our third day on Bora-Bora, the island no one seems capable of writing about without saying that James A. Michener called it the most beautiful island in the world.
My wife and I were trying to decide what to order for lunch in the restaurant at the Sofitel Marara, the hotel that film producer Dino De Laurentiis built to house his crew during the making of Hurricane, a film apparently famous only as a flop; I've never come across anyone who has actually seen it.
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 South Pacific Bora-Bora has been called the world's most beautiful island so many times, it's almost a cliche. But as the saying goes, there's a lot of truth in cliches: Spectacular peaks soaring over the world's most beautiful lagoon (not much argument there) offer a vision of the classic South Pacific paradise. It's a vision that many visitors (a sizable number of them honeymooners) experience from the luxury of an overwater bungalow at one of the several world-class resorts scattered around the island. When you can swim, snorkel, or canoe from your front porch, you may not feel an urgent..
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