The "exotic" beaches (part 2)

1. Hidden beach in Marieta Islands, Mexico

With crystal clear waters and sandy beaches, the origins of this idyllic paradise comes as a surprise - it is in fact the world's most picturesque bomb site.
This secluded strip of sand is believed to have formed decades ago when it was used as target practice by the Mexican Government in the early 1900s.
But where you might expect to find ruins and devastation, here there is a sensational, deserted beach on the Marieta Islands in Puerto Vallarta.

2. Maldives Beach Looks Like Starry Night Sky

This glistening beach is not part of a magical Disney or Pixar sequence – it’s actually a perfectly natural occurrence. These glistening dots of light, captured on a beach in the Maldives by Taiwanese photographer William Ho, are caused by microscopic organisms called bioluminescent phytoplankton, or Lingulodinium polyedrum for the scientifically inclined.

3. Beach Cathedral, Ribadeo, Lugo, Galicia, Spain

Cathedrals beach is a beach that is very beautiful with many variations of the arch it very natural and beautiful with sand and a lot of caves. Cathedrals beach is located in the municipality of Ribadeo in Galicia Lugo province, has been declared a natural monument by the Government of Galicia Xunta de Galicia’s Environment Ministry. The unique Cathedrals beach is naturally the arches and caves that can be seen at low tide. During the install the beach will appear, but still able to swim. Time pairs that are interesting to visit this place are a walk in the top of the cliff, from West to East, heading to the beach Esteiro. High tide you can measure the beautiful cliffs and caves and a sea of tiny cracks in the rock to the caves that collapsed due to erosion from the waves. Also at the time of low tide, you can gain access to the sand deposit is bordered by Rocky walls made of slate and odd shapes, more than 32 meters high arches are reminiscent to the Cathedral buttresses, when receding lower than on normally, you can get to the nearest beaches through the extension of sand. And it is advisable to go back before the water starts to come back, and happens very quickly because the stretch of coast is almost horizontal.

4. Maho Beach, the island of Saint Martin

If you like your sunbathing accompanied by a few tons of metal flying metres over your head, Maho Beach in St. Maarten might be perfect for you, sabotagetimes.com reports.

Whether you’re an aircraft enthusiast or really into soiling your pants, Maho Beach of St. Maarten island in the Caribbean, is a heart stoppingly small distance away from runway 10 of Princess Juliana International Airport.

5. Koekohe Beach, New Zealand

Some 60 million years ago, the concretions we know as the Moeraki boulders started forming on the ocean floor. Centuries of coastline erosion have revealed a spectacular view of these curiously large spherical boulders.
Local Maori legends explained the boulders as the remains of eel baskets, calabashes, and kumara washed ashore from the wreck of an Arai-te-uru, a large sailing canoe. This legend tells of the rocky shoals that extend seaward from Shag Point as being the petrified hull of this wreck and a nearby rocky promontory as being the body of the canoe's captain.