It forms a perfect medley of sand, sun and sea and is an ideal spot to slip away from reality.
But despite the sun and sand, he has decided that he's in the wrong place to build a new life.
If record-low temperatures, snowstorms and blizzards are getting you down, why not rejuvenate for a long weekend of sun, sand and eye-popping natural beauty?
It may have a few potholes and traffic jams, but it also comes with a double helping of sun, sand, surf and smiles.
The waves broke behind them on the black sand, the equatorial sun burned overhead, and for a moment the two looked at each other.
Samsung Electronics, the world's largest producer of memory chips, closed its wafer-fabrication plant and gave its employees one week off to enjoy sun and sand.
The six of us arrived at Washington DC's Reagan National Airport, bleary-eyed, flip-flopped and Panama-hatted, ready to set out on what we had dubbed the "Sun, Sand and Stupidity Tour 2010".
The four hour drive south from Marrakech winds through the Atlas mountains and tiny, dusty Berber villages (although many, surprisingly, not too tiny for an ATM) showered with blowing red sand under a blinding sun.
So I know some of you might have been looking forward to a little sun and sand -- (laughter) -- but the bottom line is, is that we are going to stay here as long as it takes to make sure that the American people's taxes don't go up on January 1st, and to make sure that folks who desperately need unemployment insurance get that help.
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It is a history lesson and sun-and-sand getaway rolled into one.
Sun-n-Sand has been offering up beachfront hospitality for decades.
In between came Camus's two best-known works, "The Stranger" (1942), in which the collaborating sun, sea and sand play a deadly role, and "The Plague" (1947), a loose allegory of occupation (by rats) set in Oran, Algeria's second city.
But on this point Iannelli is not convinced: "At the moment, solar panels are not fit for purpose in the UAE ... the dust and the sand in the atmosphere prevent (sun) rays from hitting the panels efficiently ... and the high temperatures also reduce performance, " he says.
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Surrounded by majestic rolling sand dunes, the rugged landscape and blistering sun set the stage for a 5-star property filled with warm, Middle Eastern hospitality and welcoming smiles.
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For a brief second, she imagined her body warmed by the sun and her head pillowed by the sand, while out in the distance he waved to her between surging whitecaps.
This beach is also Tahiti's widest stretch of sand and if you tire of surfing, settle in for some sun worship and meet friendly picnicking Tahitian families or groups of young people drinking beer.
"You wake up in the morning at about 5 o'clock ... and then you watch the sun rise and this extremely peaceful and serene atmosphere and then you just look at the sun coming like a ball of fire, rising from the sand and then coming up, " recalls Jibunoh.
Along the bank, a breeze sweeps pink sand into the water, a cloud of fairy dust twinkling in a beam of sun.
Here and there, on narrow strips of sand at the lake edge, people lay on their backs on towels in the sun.
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