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...they're called, is their jaw-dropping footprint: including grounds, they occupy between 16,460 sq. ft. (1,530 sq m) and 23,520 sq. ft. (2,185 sq m). Nestled amid each oasis is an infinity-edged pool, surrounded by a vast shady lawn and overlooking a central lagoon. The second pool is a wading pool that wraps around the glass-enclosed bedroom - all you need to do to enjoy your morning dip is roll over...
...Couples will love little touches like the nightly rituals based on Loy Krathong and Comb Loy. These festivals both occur in the twelfth month of the lunar year, but at the Banyan Tree Phuket they are celebrated every night - by making wishes and floating candles down the lagoon (a practice during Loy Krathong), or by writing a wish on paper, tying it to a giant lantern and watching it go up into the starlit sky (as the Thais do during Comb Loy). You'll head back to your villa afterward to find that the staff haven't left chocolates...
...adventures overseas began early in their marriage. They were on vacation with another couple in 1984 in Truk Lagoon, Micronesia, when their friend had a minor accident that required stitches at the local hospital. Cindy and John, meanwhile, got a tour of the facility. "I couldn't believe what I saw," Cindy says. "I was looking at rats in the OR. I was looking at raw sewage everywhere. There were no beds. There was an X-ray machine with no film. There was no power half the time. I was so astounded by it that when I left, I said...
...would the ocean-going monster have gotten into a freshwater lagoon? Tuggerah Lake is connected to the Pacific Ocean through a tidal channel called The Entrance. It is 12 km long and 4 km. wide, with an average depth of 6-7 m, roughly 20 feet. "It's not a big lake," said Chief Inspector Winmill, "but it's a bloody big shark - if it's true...
...time or another, most fishermen have a Jaws moment. For one gnarled veteran trawling Tuggerah Lake, actually a smallish freshwater lagoon situated about 90 km north of Sydney, that moment came just over an hour before sunrise on July 9. Police have declined to release the name of the fisherman, whom they describe as elderly and harboring a mistrust of the media. His version of what happened comes through police and, though emanating from a commuter suburb of Sydney, Australia, has made it around the world...