Favorite Beach?

Discussion in 'Food & Travel' started by Califas, Apr 3, 2008.

  1. viscajunior

    viscajunior Member+

    Aug 3, 2008
    Club:
    Junior Barranquilla
    Nat'l Team:
    Colombia
    All the beaches in Aruba, Cuarazao or Bonaire are awesome.
     
  2. nicodemus

    nicodemus Member+

    Sep 3, 2001
    Cidade Mágica
    Club:
    PAOK Saloniki
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Holy crap. That looks amazing.
     
  3. nicodemus

    nicodemus Member+

    Sep 3, 2001
    Cidade Mágica
    Club:
    PAOK Saloniki
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I loved all of the various beaches I went to at Halkidiki (a series of three peninsulas in Greece)

    I love the combination of mountains and beach:

    Click here

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  4. viscajunior

    viscajunior Member+

    Aug 3, 2008
    Club:
    Junior Barranquilla
    Nat'l Team:
    Colombia
    Cool. In Colombia theres a town called Taganga where many european go there to have peace and tranquility, theres a combination of crystalin water, mountains and white sand, it looks a lot to Santorini in Greece. You can find the best fish in South America over there.
     
  5. kingkong1

    kingkong1 New Member

    Nov 12, 2007
    Rio, Brazil
    Club:
    Flamengo Rio Janeiro
    Nat'l Team:
    Brazil
    More Lençóis Maranhenses, Northeastern Brazil:

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  6. BorrachoNJ

    BorrachoNJ New Member

    Apr 8, 2001
    NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ
    damn, that is sick.:)
     
  7. kingkong1

    kingkong1 New Member

    Nov 12, 2007
    Rio, Brazil
    Club:
    Flamengo Rio Janeiro
    Nat'l Team:
    Brazil
  8. kingkong1

    kingkong1 New Member

    Nov 12, 2007
    Rio, Brazil
    Club:
    Flamengo Rio Janeiro
    Nat'l Team:
    Brazil
  9. kingkong1

    kingkong1 New Member

    Nov 12, 2007
    Rio, Brazil
    Club:
    Flamengo Rio Janeiro
    Nat'l Team:
    Brazil
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    And of course a little bit of Rio de Janeiro City: Grumari & Marambaia beaches (Southeastern Brazil) right at the geographic center of the metropolis (BTW, where I live):

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  10. Doc_Aeppler

    Doc_Aeppler Member

    May 27, 2003
    Frankfurt
    My favorites, in no order...

    Byron Bay, Australia
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    Drawaqa Island, Fiji
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    Beachcomber Island, Fiji
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  11. Doc_Aeppler

    Doc_Aeppler Member

    May 27, 2003
    Frankfurt
    again, Beachcomber Island, Fiji
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    "The Beachhouse", Coral Coast, Fiji
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    some unnamed beach in southern Oaxaca, Mexico.
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  12. Doc_Aeppler

    Doc_Aeppler Member

    May 27, 2003
    Frankfurt
  13. aveslacker

    aveslacker Member+

    Ajax
    United States
    Apr 2, 2006
    Old Madras
    Club:
    AFC Ajax
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I've been lucky enough to kind of go to a lot of places with nice beaches on account of my work. Here's some of my favorites.

    Sulphur Bay, Vanuatu

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    Freights Bay, Barbados (also a very good surf break during a N or E swell)

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    Oxwich Bay, Wales

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  14. aveslacker

    aveslacker Member+

    Ajax
    United States
    Apr 2, 2006
    Old Madras
    Club:
    AFC Ajax
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Piton Bay, St. Lucia

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    Kato Sounio, Greece

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    And while I've never pulled into a wave at Pipe, it's a pretty nice beach.

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    I could go on, but that's a good start.
     
  15. thetaylor310

    thetaylor310 Member

    Jul 30, 2004
    São Paulo-SP, BRASIL
    Club:
    Palmeiras Sao Paulo
    Nat'l Team:
    Brazil
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    Praia Mole - Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, BRASIL :D

    i'd really love to visit the beaches of the Nordeste (Northeastern Brasil) but haven't had the opportunity yet~
     
  16. babytiger2001

    babytiger2001 New Member

    Dec 29, 2000
    Melbourne
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Great thread, everyone.

    As Caesar said, Bell's is awesome. Even if you don't surf, it is amazing.

    Around Melbourne, there's St. Kilda, Brighton and Frankston beaches which are all quite scenic.

    In fact, the drive from the Mornington Peninsula end going back towards Melbourne, and through Frankston beach, when you come down off of Oliver's Hill, that's one of the best views you'll ever get. I'll post a photo sometime, but it'll be one of my own, just to do it proper justice.

    And one other thing... I do miss Santa Cruz, and being so close to that.
     
  17. Funkfoot

    Funkfoot Member+

    May 18, 2002
    New Orleans, LA
    Wrightsville Beach in NC is nice - not crowded, great beach, not very expensive. Plenty of stuff to do in Wilmington if the weather is bad.
     
  18. peledre

    peledre Member

    Mar 25, 2001
    Sioux Falls, SD
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    My two favorites:

    Lanikai Beach, Oahu:

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    The Seychelles, in the Indian Ocean:

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  19. elainemichelle

    elainemichelle New Member

    Jul 20, 2002
    That's one of my favorites too but I liked Kure Beach better actually.

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    Okaloosa Island is still the absolute favorite.
     
  20. Randy36

    Randy36 New Member

    May 9, 2007
    Houston
    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXouGTFpZP0"]YouTube - World's Best Beaches[/ame]
     
  21. kingkong1

    kingkong1 New Member

    Nov 12, 2007
    Rio, Brazil
    Club:
    Flamengo Rio Janeiro
    Nat'l Team:
    Brazil
    OK, guys,

    You gave us marvelous beaches, 99% of them located in wild areas.

    Let me show you a beach right in the heart of a 13 000 000 people city:

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    Arpoador, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
     
  22. old_carioca_in_nyc

    Jan 26, 2007
    Do you have a photo of this beach, but the camera is pointing to the opposite side?:D
     
  23. kingkong1

    kingkong1 New Member

    Nov 12, 2007
    Rio, Brazil
    Club:
    Flamengo Rio Janeiro
    Nat'l Team:
    Brazil
    As a matter of fact the photo is not of the Arpoador itself but is taken from the Arpoador.

    The wave there is breaking at where was the Pier of the Castelinho in Ipanema.

    That's a recurrent wave (i.e. it appears and breaks always in the same spot without ever arriving to the beach).

    Yes, I have a picture from the opposite angle with the 'same' wave. In a second.

    There we go:

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  24. old_carioca_in_nyc

    Jan 26, 2007
    Very nice!!!! Thanks
     
  25. kingkong1

    kingkong1 New Member

    Nov 12, 2007
    Rio, Brazil
    Club:
    Flamengo Rio Janeiro
    Nat'l Team:
    Brazil
    I'd like to see here more urban beaches like that.

    Wild beaches - the more diverse they are - are always marvelous.

    Their own 'virginity' gives them a paradisiac look.

    I'd like to see though beaches located in big urban centers that still maintain those characteristics.

    The closest I can think of are Capetown beaches (the nicest ones however seem to be relatively close but still not right in the middle of downtown as many of Rio's).

    I know that's probably due to my ignorance & maybe the people in the thread could bring in more examples of those marvelous beaches encroached in big downtown's urban environments.

    In the next 2 posts, pics of Rio's & Capetown's urban beaches (2 geologically twin cities in fact: millions of years ago the 2 continents were linked in exactly that same point).
     

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