Glossy palm fronds twist in the temperate wind along immaculate, powder white beaches.

洁白无瑕的沙滩上，闪光的棕榈树叶在温和的海风中舞动，摇曳生姿。

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With its distinctive African-influenced flavors, cultural diversity, palm-fringed beaches and a new crop of chic hotels, the region is fast emerging as a jet-set playground.

那里独特的非洲风格，多样的文化，棕榈树环绕的海滩和别致的酒店，引得各地富豪趋之若鹜。

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Famous for its 1, 200 tropical islands, snow-white beaches, swaying palm trees, and richly colored coral reefs, the Republic of Maldives stretches across more than 600 miles.

马尔代夫因为1200个热带岛屿而出名，延伸超过600英里，这里有雪白的沙滩，随风摇曳的棕榈树，五彩斑斓的珊瑚礁。

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The location, out on the man-made Palm Island, may leave you feeling a little cut off from the shopping malls, beaches and indoor ski slopes but if and when the stalled development on the Palm is completed you may never need venture onto the mainland again.

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The palm trees sway gently under a balmy sun, the beaches are perfect, and stretched out as far as the eye can see is the wide blue of the Pacific Ocean.

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In rural Quang Ngai province the authorities are seeking hoteliers to develop its golden, palm-fringed and empty beaches, and dream of building spa resorts around the hot-water springs that bubble up through the province's rice paddies.

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