Coral Mist Beach Hotel

... Austrailan tour leader Callham to keep up with our drinking (we were happy to see the buckets again...probably standard for Thailand beach resorts). Poor Callham got so wasted that and made a total fool out of himself...other than hitting on every girl ...

... Matt. Isla Bartolome was the complete opposite of Genovesa. Green and full of animals with a beautiful coral sand beach. We toured the island and watched the male frigate birds, with their bright red ...

... adventure with picture perfect sky's and weather by boarding our small boat Carlos and speeding across the beautiful Turquoise waters to Coral Gardens where l got to experience something l will remember for a lifetime- l got to swim with four beautiful, ...

... we are doing the Polynesian Cultural Center, we decided that today was going to be a lazy day! So it's relaxation around the hotel and a little bit of driving and sightseeing - anything but walking to give our poor feet and legs a break before tomorrow's ...

... steep rocky shoreline with no beach, we reached the pointe des Aigrettes where the landscape changed. Sandy beaches appeared protected by coral reefs visible a few hundred meters out. There were black sand beaches, which gave way to some white sand. ...

... just after 8am. On the trip over the weather seemed to getting worse, with the clouds closing in and some mist about as well but once we got on the beach we could see the surf was looking pretty good and there was a fair crowd scattered across the sand. ...

... mobile drenching mist, moving at about 40mph. "I'm off to look at hill forts," declared Vince, bravely. "We're going to Coral Beach," said Louise and Tom. They left wearing trainers and taking just one waterproof jacket between them. "I'm going with the ...

... harbour. Behind the town, we can see rows of stark modern condo's up on the hill, well beyond walking distance to the beach. Typical package holiday country. Back at l'Hermitage, we drive to the east end of the beach, which looks pretty good, but has ...

... coral bombies, which aren't anything special. Continue on for a few kms till we get to Motu Piti Uu Uta, which has the coral garden off it. Beach the kayak on a little rocky beach, and out snorkelling. Some coral, and quite a few fish. Swim round for a ...

... a bit more dignified – having a roof and proper seats with 2 glass panels in the bottom for viewing fish and coral. We chugged towards Beachcomber – an iconic island of the South Pacific – circular, sprouting coconut trees and fringed by ...

... was cooling around flows.  And as we came into habitations it looked like the model villages in an amusement park. We'd booked a hotel rather than a guest house and I'd thought it was high season, but as we drove from the airport without so much as ...

... Chris and I walked the four mile round trip to it one afternoon. We then walked almost two miles along the powder-fine white coral beach, meeting more marine iguanas -- the world’s only seagoing lizards, than people. This is a species unique to the ...

... electricity for a limited amount of hours per day and wrote blogs, read several books, played cards, swam and sunbathed. Our beach had a lot of dead coral on it as most of the coral is dead unfortunately for various reasons. There was a dive point near ...

... to make sure we hadn't gone do-lally at 30m and picked up nitrogen narcosis, now taking in the schools of fish and coral while circling a giant pinnacle.  The instructor was at the front and had just cornered the pinnacle followed by two pairs of ...

... the sunset.  After a lot of island exploration, Anna and I agreed that the location of our hotel was the best.  We had a lovely beach and a quaint, charming restaurant (sorry for these adjectives... I'm reading Jane Austen at the ...

... 2km x 3km, there are 700 residents, there are no vehicles aside from pony carts, and there's a beautiful palm-fringed beach with a nice coral reef ringing the island. The east coast is well-developed with little convenience stalls, hotels & homestays, ...

... ;     The Gingerbread Hotel, located on Admiralty Bay along the seaside Belmont Walkway, an architecturally impressive hotel, is perfect for those looking for simple seclusion yet still staying close to the central action of the ...

... .  Looks like we might get wet as can see rain ahead as we head into Tonsai Bay.  Boat hits the beach as the rain starts so we bolt into hotel lobby.  The heavens open so ‘as you do’ we decide to go out and have a swim.  ...

... the path, now we had consumed a little alcohol but it was pitch black.   Snorkeling was amazing, amazingly clear water, coral formation and brightly coloured fish.  On our first outing we wore tops as not to catch too much sun, after we ...