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Today, the coast is clear and clean. But clean is not the same as pristine. Decades ago, some of the spill found its way to a beach on Knight Island in the Sound, a site that scientists studying the accident would designate KN-102 but which during the multiyear cleanup would earn another name: Death Marsh...
...being alive - have a sense of vitality and are able to [orient themselves] toward the well-being of others. As human beings, we're made through our relationships with other people. They're absolutely fundamental to who we are and how we understand ourselves. No one is an island. We are our relationships with others...
...little further is the village of Gansbaai, known for its shark-cage diving. Specialist operators like Great White Shark Tours, tel: (27-83) 300 2138, take you out to Dyer Island in custom-designed boats and lower you in a diving cage into the ocean. Once you're safely ensconced, deckhands start chumming bloody entrails beside the boat, attracting underwater predators from miles around. If you don't end up as their mid-afternoon refreshment, your own will be waiting for you back onboard...
...Better Belize It. On Caye Caulker, a tiny, easygoing island off the coast of Belize, you can get cheap deals at the tiny beach-front Tree Tops Guesthouse, described by our travel editor as basic but comfy (she recommends booking the Sunrise or Sunset suite, for $98). All rooms are sparkling clean and have air-conditioning, a ceiling fan, a refrigerator and cable TV, and most have private baths. The two "luxury" suites have Internet access. There are bicycles available, plus a sandy front courtyard with hammocks and lounge chairs. The friendly proprietor, Doris, will tell you everything you need...
...diplomatic wrangling over Cuba's OAS membership, it's not at all clear that the island nation has any real interest in rejoining the organization. Cuban President Raúl Castro and his brother, former President Fidel Castro, insist they won't accept any conditions. "We do not wish to be part of" the OAS, Fidel wrote this month, calling its criticism of Cuba's human-rights record "pure garbage." What the OAS should decide in San Pedro Sula, he added, "is to expel the U.S. and start from scratch with a new organization that will defend the interests...