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Day cruise to Söderskär lighthouse, fishing, grilling, campfire, night in tents, sea trout and swimming deer.
The wonderful little island Borgen, close to Huvudskär. Notice the open horizon and the smooth rocks, this is a gem in the archipelago!
Guadeloupe Antillean Creole: Gwadloup) is an archipelago forming an overseas region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands, Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Désirade, and the Îles des Saintes, as well as many uninhabited islands and outcroppings.It lies south of Antigua and Barbuda and Montserrat, and north of Dominica. Its capital is Basse-Terre on the west coast; however, the largest city is Pointe-à-Pitre.
Like the other overseas departments, it is an integral part of France. As a constituent territory of the European Union and the Eurozone, the euro is its official currency and any European Union citizen is free to settle and work there indefinitely. As an overseas department, however, it is not part of the Schengen Area. The official language is French; Antillean Creole is also spoken.
Martinique Martinican Creole: Matnik or Matinik) is an insular region of France located in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean Sea, with a land area of 1,128 square kilometres (436 sq mi) and a population of 376,480 inhabitants as of January 2016. Like Guadeloupe, it is an overseas region (région d'outre-mer) of France, consisting of a single overseas department. One of the Windward Islands, it is directly north of Saint Lucia, northwest of Barbados and south of Dominica. As one of the eighteen regions of France, Martinique is part of the European Union, and its currency is the euro.
Virtually the entire population speaks both French, the official language, and Antillean Creole (Créole Martiniquais).
Communist Party members also became victims to Communist suppression.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Gulag Archipelago
This is the "average" sight in the Stockholm archipelago. By "average," I mean stereotypical (except for the cat backhoe).
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The Stockholm Archipelago fans out 80 km out from the city and is some 24,000 islands big. The nearest islands of Fjäderholmarna and beautiful fortress town of Vaxholm are less than an hour away by boat. The larger populated islands, for example; Sandhamn, Blidö and Utö have hotels, holiday homes, restaurants, marinas and offer loads of activities. Most of the islands are small and uninhabited and waiting for you to discover them, perhaps by boat, canoe or kayak.
Dillon Reservoir just off I-70 between Frisco and Silverthorne, Colorado. Notice the yellow aspen groves.