The white sand beach faces a small, lagoon-style bay that's great for swimming.

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It kicks off with a beach party and culminates with a Caribbean-style Fat Tuesday of dinner, dancing and a live steel band on a white sand beach.

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From here, a short stroll along a white-sand beach offers a good view of Hangman Island.

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Walking along a quiet stretch of white-sand beach, I've come to appreciate this remote retreat of old-school fishermen, miles of mangroves and spectacular ocean views.

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For 96 miles we wended our way through rolling hills covered with kelly-green acacia, finally arriving at Monkey Mia, a strip of white-sand beach where bottle-nosed dolphins come every morning to beg for fish.

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Soon they walked, drunk, surrounded by a pack of hungry strays, toward a glaring white strip of beach and the black sea and blue froth crashing on the sand.

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At the northern end of Whitehaven Beach, Hill Inlet is a spectacular, swirling melange of clear water and dazzling white sand.

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