Yet, perhaps surprisingly, you don't have to have mega-millions to buy your own private paradise.

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Coconut Island, in the bucolic, slow-paced province of Kerala, is a tropical paradise where your only neighbors are the herons, owls and crabs that populate this remote coconut plantation.

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You can find waves and a new way of life, combined on your own little piece of paradise.

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In a diminutive state seemingly so tightly packed with beachfront development, it is astoundingly easy to escape the tourist crowds and find your own patch of sand-based paradise.

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If two weeks in paradise always leaves you wanting more, consider turning your next vacation into a new way of life.

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God Bless you and may the bird of Paradise fly just a little higher while you stand on your soapbox tomorrow.

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Another important stop on any Louisville itinerary is a five-minute drive south, Lynn's Paradise Cafe , a famous neighborhood spot that serves stick-to-your ribs Southern cuisine like biscuits and grits.

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The lake is where you will find the Chateau Lake Louise, which, depending upon your opinion, is the best thing since sliced bread or a lump of human intervention dropped into paradise.

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