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7am, Sai Daeng Beach, Ko Tao, Thailand.
The tourists are still slumbering peacefully in their bungalows and the reef in front of the beach lies placid. It’s not much of a reef, most of the coral has died – blame unregulated tourism and global warming.
But here I am, quietly swimming out into the warm, clear water, [...]
The Andhra fishermen of Puri on India’s east coast are fighting for cultural, financial and spiritual survival.
First light on Puri Beach. Pentacotta fishing village, which grows like a misshapen appendix from the resort’s northern beach front, is coming to life. More than 10.000 people from Andhra Pradesh live in small [...]