Continuing along the path, you will reach Kalasadam, the small fishing-boat harbour that gives the area its name (kala means fish, sadam means harbour).

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The last town before the Spanish border, Cerbere, feels more Catalonian and less French, with a smaller quai-side than Banyuls and a boat-clogged harbour framed by the Pyrenees.

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Shark and Clark Islands, located off the harbourside suburb of Darling Point and Rose Bay respectively, became dedicated recreational areas as early as the 1870s and are now great places to watch the boat traffic in Sydney Harbour.

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The BBC team and I followed the smugglers out of Khasab harbour in a boat, behind dolphins that streaked through the water like torpedoes.

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Police spokesman Oliver Soko said a massive joint police and Malawi Lake Services rescue operation is underway around Chipoka Harbour where the overloaded boat capsized.

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Our boat pulled up to a wooden platform about 1km out into the harbour, surrounded by the fishermen and their homes.

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Slowly putt-putting out of the harbour in a brightly painted blue-and-orange ramshackle boat, the fisherman will likely take you towards the bays and reefs of the tiny outer islands.

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Now the first supply boat to reach the secluded spot in 45 days, the Highlander, has docked on the island from Pwllheli Harbour to deliver vital food and veterinary supplies for the handful of residents and 350 hill sheep.

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