| A number of buildings sit perched on a cliff where the morning sun lights a dazzling white-sand beach. |
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| With its blue waters, white-sand beaches, and pristine coral reefs, Zamami Island off Okinawa looks like paradise. |
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| But get here in June, when temps average a blissful 80 degrees, and you'll have the hiking trails, dive spots, and white-sand beaches to yourself. |
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| On Bamboo Island, the coral on the windward side was mostly destroyed, but otherwise it was the perfect white-sand island I'd first seen 15 years before. |
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| The lack of nutrients in the white-sand soil means that plants cannot afford to be attacked by insects, because lost leaf tissue is difficult to replace. |
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| White-sand soil is almost pure quartz material derived from sediments that are more than 570 million years old. |
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| There's a long white-sand beach a minute's drive away and to the east there is miles and miles of spectacular hillwalking country. |
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| From the balcony hammock of your villa, you are only five minutes from Nai Harn, a white-sand beach that's never crowded-even during the peak season. |
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