You will notice that most of these destinations are out of the way and rather hard to get to, but they are relatively easy to get to.
These places must have all captured your fancy for some reason or another. Save for the locations in Canada and Australia.
Here are the list of 13 places you would most like to find out :
1. Socotra (Yemen)
If you’ve seen photos from Socotra you’ll understand why this is a very special place. It is an island in the Indian Ocean located about 240km from the coast of Yemen. It is home to species found nowhere else on Earth. Moreover, they look really cool. It has been called the most alien looking place on Earth.
Tourism and Culture Minister Jero Wacik says his ministry is now in the middle of preparing an international yacht festival that will take place in Sabang Island, Aceh, mid this month.
Dubbed the International Regatta Festival, the event is expected to attract yacht owners from the world over.
“So far, 26 yachts from Europe, Asia and Australia have registered to participate in the event,” he said on Sunday as quoted by tribunnews.com.
Jero Wacik said the festival is a joint cooperation between Malaysia’s Langkawi tourism resort and Thailand’s famous Phuket beach. He said the event will begin on Sept. 13 in Phuket and then continue to Langkawi before wrapping up in Sabang.
He said the end of the regatta would be marked with an event honoring Aceh’s tsunami victims.
Most divers surface from the depths with a distinct imprint from their masks — dark red streaks on their faces where the water pressure has raised the blood cells to the surface of the skin. But their temporary brandings quickly fade as the dive boat heads toward dry land.
Nicky Wirawan, however, has the distinct curvature of a dive mask permanently etched in his tanned skin.
Born and bred in Bali, the 41-year-old inherited Bali Marine Sports, the oldest dive shop on the island, from his father, Ketut Wirajaya.
Nicky claims to be nearing his 15,000th dive some time in the next couple of weeks.
Nicky’s name is synonymous with diving in Indonesia — drop it in any dive shop across the archipelago and it’s met with a smile, a pat on the back and a nostalgic story.
“He’s like a mentor,” said Lia Marpaung, a monitor and evaluating officer for the Australia Indonesia Partnership for Economic Governance in Jakarta.
“I’ve been diving with him for three years. I feel safe and comfortable with him. He’s knowledgeable beyond just having dive skills and sensing the currents. He knows how to manage guests. We’re all divers, but we’re also individuals. Nicky knows how to handle our emotions and make us feel calm.”
Lia said that Nicky does not push divers into the water, but has the calming ability to make them feel comfortable in sketchier conditions.
“A while back we were diving around Nusa Penida and there were big waves in the area, so I immediately wanted to cancel the dive,” Lia said. “But Nicky could sense my fear. I feel safe diving with him. Now if I go diving with Bali Marine Sports I always ask, ‘Will Nicky be there?’ ”
Nicky and his crew know all the dive spots in Bali. His father found most of them back in the early 1970s — everything from the deep blue hammerhead shark havens on the west end of Nusa Penida to the wall dives in Menjangan and the wonders of Secret Bay and Jetty Point off the coast of Pemuteran, on the north side of the island.
“I still get excited,” Nicky said. “I like to listen to the guests when they get excited and tell the stories back on the boat. I mean, it’s my job, but it’s a great job.”
Ask any diver around the world about their bucket list and you’re bound to hear one word, twice: mola mola. Every diver headed to Bali this season will be gunning for a glimpse of the elusive sunfish.
Mola mola, the great sunfish that spend most of their lives at depths greater than 200 meters, tend to pop up every year around Nusa Penida’s famous Crystal Bay.
Everyone from diving novices to National Geographic filmmakers flock to see the giant fish during this time as it ascends to a depth of around 30 meters and enjoys a bit of a day spa, allowing reef fish to clean the parasites from its skin.
Sunfish have even been known to bask near the surface of the water and allow seabirds to graze on their nettlesome parasites.
“The season starts in July and runs until October, but in the last two years the mola mola have come earlier. Last year the season ended in September,” Nicky said.
“August has been cold, from 17 to 19 degrees Celsius, so the mola mola have stayed around. I expect them to run until October.”
Back at the shop after a long day of diving, guests gather in the last of the afternoon light outside BMS to share photos, scrawl down details in log books and swap stories from the day’s dives.
Nicky crosses his arms, sips papaya juice and flashes his famous Cheshire smile. His guests recant racing hearts and quickly emptying air tanks as they watched mola mola rise from the depths, or tell about how they forgot to breathe as manta rays gilded just inches above them.
The guests, just back from three dives around Nusa Penida, a 40-minute boat ride from the porch of Nicky’s dive shop, talk with their hands, unintentionally interrupting one another, narrowing their gaze and recounting every detail. Like witnesses to major bank heist, each diver delivers their account differently.
All Nicky can do is smile.
Like most people who wake up every morning and punch the clock at their dream jobs, Nicky never talks about retiring. But he’s aware that the time will come for him to stay on land.
“I’d like to think I’ll still be diving at 60, but I don’t know if I have 5,000 dives left in me,” he says, scratching at his dive-mask markings as he ponders the future.
“All I know is that if I leave this I will have to find something relaxing. Something just as enjoyable as diving.”
Up to the conclusion of Sail Wakatobi Belitong (SWB) 2011 in Wakatobi on Monday, 60 rally participants moored in Wakatobi, Southeast Sulawesi.
“Since SWB was launched by Coordinating Minister of People`s Welfare Agung Laksono, 60 fancy boats each with an average of five passengers, had moored in Wakatobi,” Wakatobi Regent Hugua said in Kendari on Monday.
Hugua said some of the fancy boats that had entered Wakatobi left Darwin, Australia, on July 23, 2011, while others left from Canbera, Australia.
“In Wakatobi, the 60 fancy boat passengers enjoyed cultural traditions of the people of Wakatobi,” he said.
Hugua added that while SWB in Wakatobi had been officially concluded on Monday (Aug 29), some of the yacht owners were reluctant to leave Wakatobi.
“The fancy boats were supposed to have left Wakatobi for Belitong after calling at several towns in Indonesia like Baubau and Selayar in South Sulawesi,” he said.
But since the passengers of the fancy boats were still wishing to enjoy the beauty of the environment under the sea of Wakatobi and the cordiality and friendliness of the Wakatobi people, some of them stayed put.
“They said nowhere else in the world could one find such satisfaction. And a retired American astronaut even wished to stay in Wakatobi much longer,” he said.
Hugua said while mooring in Wakatobi, the fancy boat passengers had been touring Wakatobi, and some of them were diving in the Hoga Island waters, enjoying the beauty of environment under the sea, the coral reefs and various marine biota in the island.
“The government and people of Wakatobi regency had been holding various cultural attractions for a week like Kabuenga, Posepa and dances. The cultural attractions and performances had really been enjoyed by the fancy boat passengers,” he said.
A special attraction he said was the undersea mass wedding ceremony in Sombu coastal village, Wangi-wangi sub-district joined by 34 newly wed couples.
“The event went down in Museum of Indonesian Records (MURI) as the biggest wedding ceremony in the world. The second biggest involved only eleven couples,” he said.
If you’re on vacation or traveling in Bengkulu, you should not miss to visit the sights on this one, the Holy river beach its name ( pantai sungai suci ), pantai sungai suci is a tourist place is a mainstay in the district north of Bengkulu, Bengkulu profinsi the most widely visited by the tourists from foreign countries and domestic tourists. Among the many sights on the coast of Bengkulu province is the most in interest by the tourists who visited Bengkulu.
Holy river beach is located in the village market carts, coconut hut district, north Bengkulu district, or located on the border between north Bengkulu Bengkulu city.
Excess holy river beach is its a very beautiful scenery but you can enjoy the natural phenomena such as sunset and sun rise, you can also enjoy sea views down to the ocean off Indonesia.
As one tourist destination faporit beach facilities at the holy river has been adequate, such as lodging facilities, restaurants, shelter, until the access roads to this location is quite nice and paved. 
On the beach by local residents is also often used as a location to search for agate (stone ring) are very much scattered along the coast. To reach the tourist sites are quite easy, using public transportation or use of private vehicles with the distance about 15 km from the town of Bengkulu and about 20 km from the airport Fatmawati.
In addition Lagoi Beach, in the Riau islands of Bintan At the end of the island there are beaches with white sand Trikora wide and sloping. Located about 35 kilometers from the city Tanjungpinang. Down the road is paved smooth, on both sides of the forest full of trees and lush, fresh, comfortable and safe.
Along the coast there are thatched huts of palm midrib were lined up waiting for visitors to stop by. In certain months, the North wind blows so hard felt in this beach.
Even the waves can be as high as two meters suitable for surfing add to the beauty of Trikora beach with waves and white sand up to the lip of asphalt road. In the middle of the beach, about 100 meters from the coast there are large rocks that accumulated to form a small continent.
The place is often the idol visitors to bask and feel the sea breeze is strong.
To get to the rocks was enough to walk leisurely splitting due to the shallow beach with white sand does not endanger the basic bare feet.
Not far from the coast there are several villages such as Kampung Pulau passed Pucung, Malangrapat Village. Residents in these places often typical food peddled Tanjungpinang and Bintan in the form of brains. Very cheap, only Rp 500 to Rp 1,000 per pack of coconut leaves.
Delicious, savory and delicious soft feel when added a little spicy flavor. The color is yellowish to add taste to taste typical toast / burn. Can be ordered directly and presented in hot conditions when visitors break down the beach.
With thousands pepohan coconut shade along the beach to create comfort and natural beauty. Rare location of this natural full enticing. When you walk along the white sand beaches far away will find thousands of hectares of seagrass type of plant Padang beach sea water filter.
Seagrass beds can prevent abrasion and create an atmosphere of natural beach. Total area of seagrass in the coastal Trikora it reached 2,000 hectares, spread across three villages, Berakit, Malangrapat, and Mangrove Bay.
On the beach Trikora no less interesting than the tourist resorts Lagoi Beach who had already been known. Visitors can hire a fishing boat to relax, and enjoy the scenery in the middle of the sea. This small boat rental rate is very cheap can be for groups or families.
Family members or children can swim at the beach safely. Serving grilled fish, grilled crab, shrimp brains taste or cuttlefish is ready to eat waiting on the beach. Do not be surprised if visitors suddenly find turtles on the beach this Trikora.
Because not far from the coast has been developed that protected rare animals. No foreign tourists rarely come across a large turtle conservation animal with black stripes and white colors.
The turtle was released into the open sea. Kelong Restaurant and has many built in the coastal Trikora to pamper guests from home and abroad.
In addition to typical foods served Bintan feels good, the tariff is relatively cheap for travelers. Almost all food and drink typical of the sea including the young coconut cheap and refreshing.
Indonesia is a country that has many amazing sights, one of them located in Riau Islands province, is the name Lagoi Beach, Beach Lagoi precisely located in the District of North Bintan, Bintan regency, Riau Islands Province, Indonesia. Lagoi Beach is one of the attractions pride County Government Bintan, Riau Islands Province. Sightseeing in this world class beautiful natural scenery and clean environment.
Coconut trees that lined neatly along the edge of the beach is also one tourist attraction Lagoi Coast. In addition to its natural beauty, friendliness of the locals also be distinctive, so that they can lure travelers who visit this tourist area, The presence of beach attractions Lagoi supported also by other natural beauty that is not less interesting, namely Sebong River, Mangrove Forest, and various kinds of resorts.
The mighty Eden
Greetings from the Galapagos! As you read this, I’m at the start of an 8-day Galapagos Islands cruise.
I booked my laste minute cruise through Sangay Touring, which was used and recommended to me by Audrey and Dan of Uncornered Market.
The Eden is a 1st class motoryacht with an awesome itinerary. I chose it after considering a wide range of options, from ultra-budget pirate ships to high-end luxury catamarans. The Eden was the best fit for me, and after I committed, I learned Audrey and Dan took it as well (small world).
With a little luck, I’ll be swimming with sea lions and photographing boobies by the dozen this week.
