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World’s Most Unusual Beaches

World’s Most Unusual Beaches


1 Worlds Most Unusual Beaches

From quirky to quaint, bizarre to beautiful, our writers stretch out on some of the world’s most unusual beaches.

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Andrew Heasley: Sipadan Island, Malaysia. Touted as one of the top 10 diving spots in the world. Among the most spectacular sites is the “turtle graveyard”: a yawning cave entrance at about 25 metres that opens into a labyrinth of caves.

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Jane Reddy: Lizard Island. The island, 28 kilometres off the Far North Queensland coast, is a jumping-off point to some of the world’s best diving on the Outer Great Barrier Reef.

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Paola Totaro: Cenito, Naples. Cenito is a mere thumbnail of sand, an ethereal ribbon among the Posillipo cliffs, shaped by the tides and the vagaries of nature. Sometimes it is there, many times it is not

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Bruce Elder: Matala Beach, Crete. This is the beach evoked by Joni Mitchell, who stayed here when she fled to Europe after breaking up with Graham Nash. In Carey from her album, Blue, she sings of the Mermaid Cafe and the warm winds that blow in from Africa

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Richard Jinman: Brighton Beach, England. Brighton Beach isn’t what you would call a beauty spot. It has pebbles instead of sand and water the colour of a dead fish’s eyes. o matter. I adore the place and come here as often as I can.

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Hamish McDonald: Caspian Sea, Iran. It was October 2001 and for me the War on Terror had hit a lull. Holed up in Tehran awaiting clearance to get to the Afghan border, I hankered for a swim in the Caspian Sea.

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Daniel Fallon: Waimea Bay, O’ahu, Hawaii. Hawaii has always meant big-wave surfing. The concept of “Waimea Bay” was introduced to me as a nipper growing up next to the shore-breaking dumpers of Coogee Beach.

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Kendall Hill: Jose Ignacio, Uruguay. It would be nice to think I was one of the first to discover the laidback allure of Jose Ignacio but the truth is Martin Amis, Naomi Campbell and Mario Testino beat me to it. They were the pioneers of the jetset crowd who now flock to this intimate beauty spot.

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6 Comments to “World’s Most Unusual Beaches”

  • March 12, 2010 at 11:33 pm
    Gabriel says:

    The last photo is not Jose Ignacio, but Punta del Este. Both are in Uruguay, a small country in South America, and both are beatiful places, around 30 kms one from the other. Kevin Bacon and Bruce Willis were also there in 2010

  • May 28, 2010 at 2:30 pm
    crazyyboyy says:

    If you want the most spectacular beach in the world try white haven on whitsunday island in australia, it has the purest silica sand in the world so is classed as the best sand there is

  • October 16, 2010 at 9:38 pm
    JayaNegara says:

    Indonesia has the world’s most uninhabited islands, best diving and best tropical beaches.
    Bali is of course over-developed.
    Gili Islands and Lombok are the hot favorites which are easiest to access.
    Off Java there are several islands owned by the military or Suharto family which are luxury get-aways.
    The Thousand Islands off Jakarta are famous. Even East and west Timor are good.
    Next best would be Philippines.
    Sipatan is only momentarily Malaysian- the Indonesians want it back.

  • January 5, 2011 at 6:10 am
    mrugesh says:

    nice ones. diu beach is better though.

  • February 6, 2011 at 8:39 pm
    Hot Rolled Steel says:

    Amazing beaches. Sipadan Island in particular.

  • May 27, 2011 at 9:01 am
    SEM Tips And Tricks says:

    Great images. Really good work… Please keep it up.

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