Rincon is a famous surfing and beach town on the northwestern corner of Puerto Rico. The town rode to fame on the basis of the 1968 world surfing championships which were held here. Now many people come here for the beach, diving, and other water sports. Dubbed the "Caribbean's Hawaii," winter waves here can approach 25–30 feet  in height, near…...

Athens is an immensely successful (population just over 100,000) university town in the hills of northeastern Georgia. It is extremely popular as a retirement community. The University of Georgia has helped to create an unusually liberal community with a thriving artistic, literary, musical, and intellectual scene. The University of Georgia with its 38,000 students has a large and beneficial impact…...

Orakei is located in the North Island of New Zealand with a population of 79,536 during the 2013 census.  As a peninsula, the town is on the shores of the Waitemata Harbour, the Hobson Bay and the Orakei Basin and is considered a suburb of Auckland, which is just three miles away.  Picture of Orakei View of the Hobson Bay…...

Bagaces is a district in Bagaces Canton, in the Guanacaste Province of Costa Rica. This district in northwestern Costa Rica's Pacific coastal region occupies a lot  of land but has fewer than 20,000 inhabitants. Principal industries include dairy farming, other forms of acriculture, and eco tourism. Costa Rica is perhaps the most stable and peaceful country in Central America, so…...