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These umbrellas were nice to sit under with a refreshing drink on a hot day in Vernazza.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's Milan, Lombardy, and the Lakes Travel Guide

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Colorful urns of flowers adorned Villa Cimbrone in Ravello. Lobelia are my favorites for stunning depth of color.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's Amalfi Coast and Capri Travel Guide

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I saw this scene on a postcard in a Darwin market and was determined to find where it was taken. I did!

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The colors of Mexico are an integral part of the experience, and Oaxaca is full of brilliant, vivid colors. And I've never seen a hammock I didn't want to climb into.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's Oaxaca Travel Guide

Photo: Anita O'Brien

We visited Panarea on a daytrip from Lipari (Aeolian Islands) and were warmed by the blue, white, and green of this gorgeous island.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's Sicily Travel Guide

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My first visit to Port Aransas, TX was fabulous. Beautiful clean beaches, no crowds and beautiful weather.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's South Texas and the Coast Travel Guide

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Taylor Bay Beach is one of the most relaxing beaches I have ever been to with its calm blue water and remote feeling. While strolling around the bay, I came across this abandoned boat. There is something about a boat that has seen better days that sets off your imagination.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's Providenciales Travel Guide

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Providenciales is a beach lover's paradise: crystal clear water, constant sunshine and gentle breezes. One of our many stops was Leeward Beach, just down the road from world famous Grace Bay Beach. Here, instead of sharing the beach with tourists, we shared the beach with conch shells and crabs.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's Providenciales Travel Guide

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A cruise ship anchored at Port Everglades on an early morning before its departure. This photograph was taken on an early morning from atop the 17th Street Causeway Bridge, about an hour after sunrise, when the light was still golden. Port Everglades is one of the world's busiest cruise departure Ports. It holds the world record for hosting the most cruise passengers in a single day with 49,234 passengers (Jan 3, 2009). More than 4 million cruise passengers pass through Port Everglades annually. This Port is an eight-time winner of the Grand Prix Mondial du Voyage’s International Tourism Award. It is the deepest of all Florida ports.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's Fort Lauderdale and Broward County Travel Guide

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An orange/red hybiscus in the full sun. A native to warm, temperate, subtropical and tropical regions throughout the world. Member species are often noted for their showy flowers.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's Fort Lauderdale and Broward County Travel Guide

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We took a ferry to the secluded beach of Las Caletas and while strolling the area, I came upon this two vintage canoes. On this hot summer day under the shade, even the cicadas whispered...

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's Puerto Vallarta Travel Guide

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Cruise ships at Port Everglades. This photograph was taken on an early morning from atop the 17th Street Causeway Bridge about an hour after sunrise when the light was still golden. Port Everglades is one of the world's busiest cruise departure Ports. It holds the world record for hosting the most cruise passengers in a single day with 49,234 passengers (Jan 3, 2009). More than 4 million cruise passengers pass through Port Everglades annually. This Port is an eight-time winner of the Grand Prix Mondial du Voyage’s International Tourism Award. It is the deepest of all Florida ports.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's Fort Lauderdale and Broward County Travel Guide

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The market in Vietnam teemed with colorfully dressed women selling their goods and buying the family staples. Many of these women walked for miles to attend this market. This photo captured a woman taking a moment to rest.

Photo: Raminder Dosanjh

The Princess (Donna) and I had been sitting on the beach watching our first "honeymoon" sunset. Our wedding photographer was packing her gear. We were chatting and I playfully said, "Just remember, the man is the boss!". Donna popped up, grabbed my shirt, and began to drag me in the sand. Our photographer snapped the pic. Every time I see this photo, I am instantly transported, in my mind, back to that beautiful beach and to the beginning of a beautiful marriage.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's Negril Travel Guide

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What made is moment memorable?....sailing in a dhow with Jefferson Airplane inspired sails to our snorkeling destination, "Makubwa" - Big Rock in Swahili.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's Tanzania Travel Guide

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a beautiful holiday at the el gouna, red sea in egypt. The middle of winter and the weather was perfect beach days.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's Egypt Travel Guide

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the only things i had to share this island with were these star fish. can't complain!

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's Bahamas Travel Guide

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miles and miles away from anyone. a beautiful deserted island and crystal clear waters

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's Bahamas Travel Guide

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we dropped anchor and canoed to this beautiful island. we set up s a beautiful BBQ. truly paradise!

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's Bahamas Travel Guide

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another gorgeous day spent at mullet bay.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's St. Maarten Travel Guide

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When we visited Costa Rica, we wanted to avoid the tourist traps. We rented a house in Manzanillo, which is at the end of the road heading south on the Caribbean coast. The weather, snorkeling, food, people, and the beach were all perfect.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's Caribbean Coast Travel Guide

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We had just arrived in southern Thailand and were taking a boat to a local resort when we captured this iconic view. Later that evening we discovered the sunsets on the west beach were the longest and most unique that I have seen anywhere in the world.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's The Southern Beaches Travel Guide

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In New Zealand where the weather can vary greatly, Tongariro National park was a warm volcanic oasis. It was truly one of the most beautiful hikes we have ever done.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's East Coast and the Volcanic Zone Travel Guide

Photo: Kelli Glaser

While backpacking along the Napali Coast trail we encountered slippery mud, knife edge trails with several hundred foot drops, a local jungle dweller, and amazing views like this.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's Kauai Travel Guide

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We have always loved turtles, but this was our first time encountering a sea turtle while snorkeling. Next thing we knew there were a dozen or so all around us. Pretty amazing to be in their world.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's Kauai Travel Guide

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You do not have to go out of the Unites States to find beautiful beaches. There are no private ocean beaches in PR - all are public- and you can find miles of beaches with few users. Some are good for swimming, others for surf boarding and others for snorkeling. This beach was within a wildlife refuge near Humacao (East shore). Include the islands of Culebra and Vieques, and you find even more pristine areas.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's Eastern Puerto Rico Travel Guide

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The job of choosing which typical tropical pictures to submit was the hard part - I have many pictures like this. Panama has many rather secluded beaches, islands and places to snorkel. We snorkeled on this island in some of the most beautiful coral imaginable. Just behind me was a gorgeous white sand beach kept clean by the Kuna. If you want to relax, snorkel and be bedazzled by the beauty of a place, go to the San Blas area off the north east coast of Panama.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's The Canal and Central Panama Travel Guide

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This beautiful Haitian woman was preparing some beans for her family using rather primitive stoves. She was friendly and when I asked if I could take her picture, she said yes but hoped I could make her a star. Meals were prepared outside since it was too hot to prepare them in the house.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's Dominican Republic Travel Guide

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These Dominicans were harvesting citrus fruits in the eastern part of the DR. Note the donkey, truck and motorcycle. These oranges as well as the 4 or 5 other citrus fruits were outstanding. These people really worked hard in the hot, sticky climate of the DR. Yet they were friendly and happy to give us all the fruit we could eat. We gorged!

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's Dominican Republic Travel Guide

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The little girl was cute, friendly and unaware that she was doing anything unusual-after all, it was hot. She is a member of the indigenous Kuna group.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's Eastern Panama Travel Guide

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There seemed to be something missing as I waited to capture the sunset at the dunes in Death Valley. The photographer and his friend walked into the frame making it a memorable sunset and capture.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's The Mojave Desert Travel Guide

Photo: Shyam Subramanyan (@shyamster)

We stayed at the Casa Blanca house at the Bosque Del Cabo rainforest lodge in Osa Peninsula. My son spent countless hours watching wildlife from the deck at the back of the house. Here he is waiting for the monkeys to show up again.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's South Pacific Coast Travel Guide

Photo: Shyam Subramanyan (@shyamster)

On the way from San Jose to Osa Peninsula, we flew on a 12 seater plane mostly over the clouds, when it suddenly cleared below us for a nice view of Playa Dominical. It was wonderful to spot all the streams of water, from recent rain, flow into the beach. We knew we were going to enjoy the rainforest at the Osa peninsula.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's South Pacific Coast Travel Guide

Photo: Shyam Subramanyan

It was the first time at a beach for my three-year old twin boys back in Nov 2005. We could not keep them away from the sand and the water until they literally fell asleep for the day. We watched this sunset with the boys sleeping on our lap.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's Maui Travel Guide

Photo: Shyam Subramanyan (@shyamster)

While everyone back home was enjoying Christmas in long sleeves, we were having eggnog with the monkeys.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's North Pacific Coast Travel Guide

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Seeing folks escaping from their frozen North American homes to take in a beautiful afternoon in warm and sunny Tamarindo Costa Rica.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's North Pacific Coast Travel Guide

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While sailing in The Grenadines, we encountered each morning the "boat boys" - those who speed about taking orders from charter sailors for supplies. Where others, at times, saw them as pesky salesmen, we thoroughly enjoyed their stories of island life. Our friendship was repaid with an invite to one of the boat boys island wedding. They made us feel like family.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's St. Vincent and the Grenadines Travel Guide

Photo: Tonna Corbin

A very windy day, causing our sunglasses to become white with the salt air from the ocean.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's San Miguel de Allende and the Heartland Travel Guide

Photo: Kathy Nelson

We were relaxing, watching the setting sun and this moment captured the peace and beauty of the coast.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's Monterey Bay Travel Guide

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In Mexico's Biosphere, a lone Palm reaches for the sea.

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Browsing in the Cancun Barrio Mercado, this display of simple crafts caught my eye for the riot of color an shape that typifies a colorful culture.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's Cancún Travel Guide

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Spending the day with family on the beach!!

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's Orlando Travel Guide

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Our B&B of that name was located a few miles outside of town. This was the view we had from the table where we ate breakfast each morning. This prepared us for a very busy day of strolling along the nearby miles of beach.

Photo: Nelson Chenkin

The warm rosy color of this stairway always made me smile. One afternoon the blue sky and sun was just perfect, as I knew it might be snowing back home.

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My husband and I took a helicopter tour of St. Lucia and we got this great picture of Marigot Bay.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's St. Lucia Travel Guide

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Sunset is coming in Key West and Mallory Square is where it is celebrated. The fire juggler is just one of the many entertainers making the square the place to be.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's Key West Travel Guide

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Strolling on the beach near Tulum we came upon this scene that captures the essence of just relaxing on a beach with blindingly white sand and the bluest ocean calmed by a reef where the blue changes shade.

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A nearly empty beach in the South Coast of NSW, Australia on a sunny day this January as the snow came down back home in Paris. But what was truly memorable was running out of the water when we saw a fin, which turned out to be some dolphins playing in the surf!

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's New South Wales Travel Guide

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Beautiful area and not to be missed when you're on Maui.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's Maui Travel Guide

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A sunset over the island of Lanai from our backdoor. Priceless

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's Maui Travel Guide

Photo: Roger Jacobs

We were on Maui in January and it's 20 degrees back home. How much more memorable can it get?

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's Maui Travel Guide

Photo: Roger Jacobs

The hazy sun behind the clouds on the horizon, combined with the sea birds flying across the scene made this a special sunset that my wife and I were able to share with our daughter, son-in-law and granddaughter.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's Aruba Travel Guide

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This was the first time my granddaughter had ever been on a beach of any kind. She loved making footprints in the sand.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's Aruba Travel Guide

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This is the essence of our Aruba vacation. Relaxing on the beach, sharing a glass of wine and letting all the stresses of the everyday world disappear among the grains of pure white sand.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's Aruba Travel Guide

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The sunny colours of Rosa the cook's bicycle against the terracotta wall and the vibrant contrast with the sky and flora caught my husband's eye. The day I went to photograph it, I was fortunate in that another bicycle had been parked with hers. This Photo always brings back the colours and the light of our month in Costa Rica ... and Rosa's delicious Arroz con Pollo.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's North Pacific Coast Travel Guide

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The tropical rainforest of El Yunque was filled with all sorts of flowers and plants in January. Here are some beautiful yellow blooms in January. What a nice contrast to the ice and snow I had just left.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's Eastern Puerto Rico Travel Guide

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In January, while sitting on my hotel room's balcony listening to a free Jazz concert below in San Juan near the Lagoon or inner harbor, and watching the setting sun, I caught a glimpse of a man paddling by on a surf board to get closer to the Jazz Concert. It was a pleasantly warm evening, and parking can be so difficult to find in San Juan. I was impressed by his creativity. The music was fantastic.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's Puerto Rico Travel Guide

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The gorgeous anhinga bird is dramatic and showy, displaying her wings, drying them in the 80 degree sunshine.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's The Everglades Travel Guide

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The layers of color worked so well; the blue sky and blue green water, the white sand and crisp white outfits of the beach strollers, and finally, the juicy colors of a beach towel in the foreground. So warm and sunny!

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's Florida Travel Guide

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In January, I rarely, actually, I never get to swim outside whether it is in a pool or natural body of water, so being able to swim in cool water on a very warm day in January was a real treat. We drove through the Cordillera Central of Puerto Rico to get to Utuado rather than taking a much quicker and less scenic route by way of a four lane interstate like route. Puerto Rico's Ruta Panoramica is beautiful, but not an express highway. It is a mountain road through the jungle. It is amazing! Palm Trees are reflected in the pool in this photo. It is calm here. The coqui's make their sound at night, but it is quiet until the rooster sings out in the morning. The hotel owner gave us directions for a quicker way back to San Juan. This gave us extra time to stop at a nice restaurant in Dorado for a leisurely lunch. Casa Grande is a mountain retreat; it is very beautiful and comfortable here. This is a part of Puerto Rico that I suspect many people do not get to see, but it is well worth the effort to get here. I can't wait to go back. Next time I will plan to stay longer.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's Western and Central Puerto Rico Travel Guide

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It was January, 2010 at the Museum of Art in San Juan. Inside the art was wonderful, but no photos are allowed. The San Juan Philharmonic just happened to be rehearsing on the day we chose to visit, and they are so talented. Outside there is a sculpture garden. Tropical plants are placed very carefully so that the art and the plants can be enjoyed together. It was a gift for the eyes at every turn. I especially enjoyed the whimsical aspects that the gardener/artists had taken here. We practically had the garden to ourselves that afternoon; this is practically an undiscovered bit of paradise. The flowers and plants were beautiful by themselves, but they had all been carefully placed and that added to the calmness and tranquility of the garden.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's Puerto Rico Travel Guide

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Watching the sun set in Costa Rica is a national sport. I was fortunate enough to be in the grand stand to watch the show.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's Costa Rica Travel Guide

Photo: Seymour Levy

Synonymous with the lush landscape of Costa Rica is their rain forrest. Upon hiking in this jungle scenery I was not disappointed to be in the midst of this scene.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's Central Pacific Coast Travel Guide

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A horse cantering, a person strolling, and someone just enjoying the beautiful Costa Rica beach etched a perfect vacation landscape in my mind, enough to make me want to remember the occasion.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's Costa Rica Travel Guide

Photo: Seymour Levy

Crossing a small bridge I noticed this white bird contrasted against this parched muddy river landscape, The scene generated enough heat for me to take this photo.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's Central Pacific Coast Travel Guide

Photo: Seymour Levy

Strolling the beach at Jaco, Costa Rica I came across this youngster without a care in the world, just waiting fr the tide to come in.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's Central Pacific Coast Travel Guide

Photo: Seymour Levy

Swaying in a hammock high up the mountain in Quepos witnessing natures majesty. The sunset just kept getting better and better over the span of 40 mins.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's Costa Rica Travel Guide

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After several hours travel starting early in NYC on a frigid morning I made it for a warm breezed sunset on the peninsula of Costa Rica.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's North Pacific Coast Travel Guide

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After a daylong excursion to Lana'i, the return trip offered many photo opportunities. This shot was one of my favorites.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's Lanai Travel Guide

Photo: Jeffrey S. Goldner

Kaanapali Beach faces Lana'i so the sun doesn't melt into the Pacific at this spot. But there is nothing like the relaxation that happens in the last few minutes of the daylight.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's Hawaii Travel Guide

Photo: Jeffrey S. Goldner

Just basking in the sun and warmth of this beautiful place with my girlfriend!

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's Hawaii Travel Guide

Photo: Jeffrey S. Goldner

I had just moved to San Diego from Baltimore in early January of 2003. I took this photo the first day my wife and I spent at the beach. It was the first time I had ever seen the Pacific Ocean!

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's San Diego Travel Guide

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We were vacationing in Florida and the day was warm and inviting to take a plunge in this pool which reflected the beautiful colors of area.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's The Lower Gulf Coast Travel Guide

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With many more memorable sunsets to remember, this was our first night of vacation. What a treat to have our own pool, but it was a breathtaking experience to watch the reflections of the setting sun daily with the ocean in the background.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's Puerto Vallarta Travel Guide

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Wandering the streets of this small village reminded me of childhood vacations in Cabo San Luca. Bright colors, quiet, lazy afternoons, and the feeling you are welcome into the lives of the people who live there. Lest this not be spoiled, I will keep the name of this town secret.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's Puerto Vallarta Travel Guide

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After winding on uneven sandy trails in sweltering heat it was such a reward to see the water ahead. When we started out it was a happy go lucky walk on a lazy afternoon. It soon turned into a journey with the water as the destination. You know it's there, but after what seemed like forever in the heat, we found ourselves craving what awaited us at the end of the trail. Ahhh...the splash never felt so good.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's Puerto Vallarta Travel Guide

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A couple enjoys an afternoon nap on the island of Anegada.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's Other British Virgin Islands Travel Guide

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A man and woman wait for a boat to pick them up at the of the day.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's St. Vincent and the Grenadines Travel Guide

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While the US was freezing, we were enjoying 80 degree weather in Melbourne.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's Melbourne Travel Guide

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Playa las Tortugas was the best vacation we have ever had. We sat under our roof-top palapa every evening for the most beautiful sunsets. We released Olive Ridley endangered baby turtles into the ocean...an exhilarating and humbling experience. We kayaked, surfed and walked the 6 mile vendor free beach for hours. Can't wait to go back!

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I have been best friends with a gal I've known since I was 3 years old. We are now 46. For several years we would say to each other, "we need to take a vacation together!" Now with kids grown, we jumped at the chance to cruise to the Mexican Riviera together. This was our final destination port and our favorite. This photo will make my winters warmer just by looking at it and reminiscing.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's Los Cabos Travel Guide

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Just admiring the flowers on a morning walk in Key Largo.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's The Florida Keys Travel Guide

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It was a warm (in the 80 degree range), lazy day in St. Petersburg Florida. It was such a lazy day that we noticed this pelican had decided to take it easy and fish the easy way rather than diving for its fish!

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Sitting by the lighthouse watching the Santa Cruz local surfers catch some waves was the best end to a trip to the beach.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's Monterey Bay Travel Guide

Photo: Jay Anderson

This was taken during a birthday trip to Los Cabos. The picture was taken out our hotel window with as much of the downtown Los Cabos commercialization cropped as possible to give the stark contrast between the sky and hotel making it look like an authentic Mexican villa.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's Los Cabos Travel Guide

Photo: Jay Anderson

I was in process of getting my private pilot's license when we went to Maui so I was able to rent a plane and instructor to fly around the islands. This was a cool shot from the left seat showing the cliffs of Molokai.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's Molokai Travel Guide

Photo: Jay Anderson

Driving along the road past Kapalua-the ocean draws you in...

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This was island #4 on a four island tour that we were certain couldn't get any better. Longtails, the island taxis of Thailand, could get us places no other boat could.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's The Southern Beaches Travel Guide

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Seeing our dinner come straight out of the ocean and prepared on the beach made the evenings dinner one of the best and most authentic experiences of our trip. Without the usual amenities, our local host Tony dressed our catch with lemons, onions and sea salt. He grilled it right on the beach and rinsed it off in the ocean. Truly the simplest meals are the best.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's Fiji Travel Guide

Photo: Alicia Wszelaki

while we swam with dolphins in 80 degree temps, the rest of the USA was under several inches (or feet) of snow & bone chilling temps. always said we'd rather be lucky than good!

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's Honolulu and Oahu Travel Guide

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The Big Island landscape varies greatly and this was just a beautiful and different area for sunbathing on the volcanic rock.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's Big Island Travel Guide

Photo: Gayle Buck

We were vacationing and driving all over the Big Island. This was one of the most beautiful shaded beach areas we came upon.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's Big Island Travel Guide

Photo: Gayle Buck

This was my first trip to Hawaii and I was dazzled with the scenery. I got up early and walked the beach and was able to get this early morning picture of Diamondhead. I will never forget the trip to Hawaii and this picture is a great reminder.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's Honolulu and Oahu Travel Guide

Photo: Tom Rohling

Paloma, my niece´s daughter was at the "Rincón del Mar" beach and she found this coconut lying on the sand. She could not resist to try for the first time in her life its refreshing milk, so we asked a native to open it with a machete. She loved it!

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's The Caribbean Coast Travel Guide

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It was a very hot and windy day to tour the East side of Cozumel, we came across this road side stand that offered "refreshment."

Photo: Kathy Nelson

We visited the Dead Sea in January 2010 after a fantastic visit to the fortress Masada and Qumran, site where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found. People swam and enjoyed the beach. Jordan is seen across from the Dead Sea. The desert scenery was surreal. I half expected Lawrence of Arabia to gallop across the hills.

Plan Your Trip: Fodor's Around Jerusalem and the Dead Sea Travel Guide

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