THE sun is out, the sand gleaming white, the waves rolling toward shore in clean, regular sets.

太阳出来了，沙滩闪着白光，波浪有节奏地拍打着海岸。

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Here mountains give way to an expanse of deserted white sand that runs hundreds of metres from shore at low tide, with the warm water waist-deep for hundred of metres more.

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