World Directory, North America, United States, Hawaii, Maui

Maui 's Kihei is just one of the islands little beach towns, a water lovers paradise. The word Kihei means "cape" and draws reference to the traditional tapa cloth cloaks, and is pronounced key-hay.

World Directory, North America, Canada, British Columbia, Strait of Georgia

Pender Island is located in the Gulf of Georgia, just north of the American San Juan Islands, and in between Vancouver on the mainland and Sidney and Victoria on Vancouver Island.

World Directory, North America, Canada, British Columbia, Vancouver Island

Shawnigan Lake is a lake on southern Vancouver Island, located to the west of Saanich Inlet and to the south of the Cowichan Valley region. It is the location of the village of Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia. Its aboriginal name in the Hunquminum language is Shaanii'us.

World Directory, Central America, Costa Rica, Central Pacific, Central Pacific

Welcome to Costa Rica's best kept secret, Playa Esterillos, the Central Pacific Coast of Costa Rica. Here, there are no traffic jams or four laned highways. Just waves lapping up the shore in a peaceful, tranquil environment. As the locals say, "pura vida" - the pure life.

World Directory, Central America, Costa Rica, Guanacaste, Guanacaste

Playa Hermosa in Guanacaste is a small beach town on the Northwest coast of Costa Rica. From Playa Hermosa you can visit Rincon de La Veija, Miravalles Volcano and many more of the most popular sights in Guanacaste.

World Directory, Caribbean, British Virgin Islands, Tortola, Tortola

Tortola, is on the calm Caribbean side of the island. This creates an excellent swimming and snorkeling area from the small private beach. The South/West side of the island where the cooling trade winds give constant breezes, especially during the summer.

World Directory, South America, Brazil, Ceara, Ceara

Fortaleza is the state capital of Ceara, located in Northeastern Brazil. With a population of over 3.4 million (metropolitan region), Fortaleza has an area of 313 square kilometres (121 sq mi).

World Directory, Australia, Australia, Victoria, Polwarth

Walk along clifftop tracks to see rocky reefs, rock pools and sheltered coves. Aireys Inlet boasts superb beaches, with Fairhaven the main surf beach for swimming and board riding. Aireys Inlet also has a huge state park at its backdoor with native trees and heathlands that blaze with colour when wildflowers bloom in winter, spring and early summer.

World Directory, Australia, Australia, New South Wales , North Coast

Hallidays Point is part of the North Coast region. It is located on the coast half-way between Forster and Taree. Until recently it was a holiday area but is now a growing residential area made up of four villages, Blackhead, Redhead, Diamond Beach and Tallwoods.

World Directory, Australia, Australia, New South Wales , Central Coast

Just 900 metres over the hill from spectacular Killcare Surf Beach lies picturesque Hardys Bay on Brisbane Water. Could all this be only an hour from Sydney? There's something strangely comforting about Hardys Bay. It's probably not high on the list of Central Coast hot spots, having just two cafes, a general store/bottle shop incorporating a defunct service station and being on the road to Pretty Beach and Wagstaffe.