That stems from our kind of island life, our pace of the way we live.
From here, a short stroll along a white-sand beach offers a good view of Hangman Island.
Austin, essentially, reaps the benefits of being a deep blue, Democratic island in a red-state sea.
At the island's mountainous heart, cloaked in luxuriant greenery, lies the village of Furnas.
The difference, according to Harold Finkelstein, an irascible wholesaler from Long Island City, N.
As an island continent, Australia is quite literally defined by its 37, 000km of coast.
And the law which prevented divorced couples living on the island has been repealed.
The island, which does not have any income tax, is introducing a property tax this year.
To get there from Manhattan, hop the Staten Island Ferry from Whitehall Terminal.
Start on the capital island of Oahu, basing yourself in Waikiki or Kailua for a week.
Though that would now be something of an exaggeration, the island does have a magical history.
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According to local artist Ron Crawford, this is an impulse that shapes the island.
As the heat of the day passes, many travellers choose to explore the island via motorbike.
Given that Taylor farms 10, 000 acres, from Vancouver Island down into Mexico, that is impressive testimony.
Another retired worker was more optimistic, citing the long history of shipbuilding on the Queen's Island.
In addition to world-class Chinese and Pacific Island displays, the museum boasts a fine Native American collection.
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On your way back to the island, ask your guide if you can stop for a snorkel.
Over the next 19 months, some 5, 600 Native Americans visited the occupied island, sparking Native American activism nationwide.
The island's official tourism guide said her discovery had brought it to the "attention of the world's press".
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Lapus Lapus Island, an easy dive for beginners, has variegated soft corals, spiny lionfish and rainbow-coloured nudibranches (molluscs).
Their minor league affiliates, the Staten Island Yankees and Brooklyn Cyclones respectively, also draw a crowd.
Easily accessible by subway, the 7, 500-seat MCU Park overlooks the Atlantic Ocean and Coney Island amusement park.
Das Island, United Arab Emirates, 1976: Das Island is in the Persian Gulf that produces oil and gas.
It is particularly notable for the 10 plants and four land birds that are endemic to the island.
Even before we have laid down our bags, however, the little island has begun to weave its spell.
The Institute of Marine Sciences (IMS), University of Dar es Salaam, is located on the island of Zanzibar.
It is possible, Chau says, because so many overseas fund managers have been underweighting the island.
It is of an island people cut off from the wider world - isolated and exposed.
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