http://www.tropicaldestinations.info Travel guide and reviews of tropical destinations around the world. Tourist attractions, news, photos, and travel offers Tue, 02 Oct 2007 14:31:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The island of Hawaii comprises over half of the area of the state of Hawaii in the United States of America. It is almost universally called the Big Island partly to avoid confusion. It is home to the most active volcano in the world, located in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, ... http://www.tropicaldestinations.info/pacific-islands/big-island-hawaii-travel-guide/ Boracay is a fantastic tropical island about an hour's flight from Manila in the Philippines. Its long white sand beaches rivals any of the best beaches in the more popular beach destinations such as the Caribbean, the South Pacific as well as neighbouring Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. Boracay can only be ... http://www.tropicaldestinations.info/asia/boracay-island-philippines/ Hinchinbrook Island is in northern Queensland, Australia, just north of the town of Ingham, approximately 150km south of the city of Cairns. Separated from the mainland by the narrow Hinchinbrook Channel, the entire island is zoned as a National Park. Access to the park is strictly limited and, when much of ... http://www.tropicaldestinations.info/australia/hinchinbrook-island-guide/ Aruba is a Caribbean island 15 miles north of the coast of Venezuela. With an area of approximately 70 sq. miles (184 sq. km) this flat, riverless island is renowned for its white sand beaches. Because of its location south in the Caribbean there is very strong sun, but a light ... http://www.tropicaldestinations.info/caribbean/things-to-see-and-do-in-aruba/ Rai Leh, also commonly known as Railay, is a tourist area located on the Andaman Coast of Thailand, in Krabi Province. Rai Leh is primarily known as a rock climbing hot spot, attracting climbers from all over the world to its superb towering limestone. As Rai Leh is a peninsula surrounded ... http://www.tropicaldestinations.info/asia/fine-sand-beaches-and-mountains-on-rai-leh-thailand/ The Perhentian Islands are a small group of beautiful, coral-fringed islands off the coast of northeastern Malaysia in the state of Terengganu, not far from the Thai border. The two main islands are Perhentian Besar ("Big Perhentian") and Perhentian Kecil ("Small Perhentian"). Kecil, the more popular of the two, has cheap ... http://www.tropicaldestinations.info/asia/perhentian-islands-malaysia/ Bermuda is a self-governing British overseas territory in the Atlantic Ocean north of the Caribbean, around 640 miles (975 km) off the coast of the United States. It consists of about 138 islands and islets, with all the major islands aligned on a hook-shaped but roughly east-west axis and connected ... http://www.tropicaldestinations.info/caribbean/bermuda-travel-tips/ Costa Rica is a country in Central America. In the north it borders to Nicaragua and in the south to Panamá. To the west there is the Pacific Ocean and to the east the Caribbean Sea. Costa Rica protects over 25% of its national territory within national parks. Eco tourism is ... http://www.tropicaldestinations.info/central-america/costa-rica-travel-guide/ Bali is an Indonesian island located at the east end of Java. The word "paradise" is used a lot in Bali, and not without reason. The combination of friendly, hospitable people, a magnificently visual culture infused with spirituality and (not least) spectacular beaches with great surfing and diving have made ... http://www.tropicaldestinations.info/pacific-islands/bali-the-pearl-of-indonesia/ According to The Orbitz Insider Index, a monthly, in-depth look at travel trends from an industry insider's perspective, the most popular Caribbean island destinations are: http://www.tropicaldestinations.info/caribbean/top-10-caribbean-island-destinations/