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I am visiting the Bay of Roses and it is located in France. The capital of France is Paris. The countries that border France are Italy, Germany, and Spain. The Atlantic Ocean is the body of water that borders France. The GPS coordinates for the Bay of Roses is 42°10′59″N 3°10′59″E / 42.183°N 3.183°E. Spain usually has a warm Mediterranean climate, with dry summers and winters with balanced temperatures. Here you can enjoy more than 3,000 hours of sunshine per year. It looks like a beachy, sandy area for the land surrounding the water and the water itself looks very refreshing like it would be very good to swim in on a nice hot or humid day. There are historic towns, farming villages, festivals, sardanas (Catalan dances) and street markets. At the ancient site of Empuries, you can follow the footsteps of the Romans and Greeks, who first landed here and named Roses after their home town Rhodes. In Dalí's triangle you can find many influences of this odd artist. His museum in Figueres is one of the most visited museum in Spain, but also his house in Cadaqués (the white arthat are tist town) and the castle of Galá in Púbol are worth a visit. Busy beach resorts not too large, with there wide beaches and everything a visitor needs. The Bay of Roses is important beaause it is an area of so many delightful alternatives, with such a variety of landscapes and facilities, that it seems able to cater for everyone's taste and requirements. Timeless the gcountryside from entle Emporda plain, with its orchards and sunflowers to the olive groves and vineyards with the ever present Pyrenees mountains. Wide sandy beaches and secret rocky coves, all so typical of the Costa Brava at its very best, with mild winters and summer sunshine. Bay of Roses is 5,704.17 miles from Jiaozhou Bay. Again, I flew to my location as I have to every other place that I have been to.

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I am visiting Jiaozhou Bay and it is in the country China. The capital of China is Beijing. There are 13 other countries that border China. Those countries are Mongolia, Russia, North Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, Bhutan, Nepal, India, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan. The Pacific Ocean borders China. The GPS coordinates of Jiaozhou Bay are 36˚7' 24.44" N 120˚14' 44.3" E/ 36.1234556˚N 120.245639˚E. China has a continental and seasonal climate. Most parts are in the temperate zone but southern areas are in the tropical or subtropical zone while northern areas are in the frigid zone. Climates in different areas of China are different. Jiaozhou Bay looks very different than all the other bays and areas that I have been to because the water isn't as blue, mainly because the weather isn't as tropical in this area of China.The Jiaozhou Bay was a German colonial concession which existed from 1898 to 1914. In 1860, a Prussian expeditionary fleet arrived in Asia and explored the region around Jiaozhou Bay. The following year the Treaty of Peking was signed. After a bunch of trips to China between 1868 and 1871, the geographer Baron Ferdinand von Richthofen recommended the Bay of Jiaozhou as a possible naval base. Jiaozhou Bay is important because Baron Ferdinand von Richthofen recommended the bay as a possible navy base and that is what it is remembered for. Jiaozhou Bay is 7,141.4 miles from Sodwana Bay. I flew to here from Sodwana Bay. I am sticking with flying for the entire trip. It cost me $2,277 for the flight to here. I did not have any problems during my travel! It was all great. The biggest difference from China and Africa is the culture difference. The way they do stuff is amazing but so different and also the way they dress is so different from each other (Africans and Chinese).

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I am visiting Sodwana Bay right now and it is on the east coast of South Africa. There are 3 capitals in this country. The capitals are Pretoria (executive capital), Bloemfontein (judicial capital), and Cape Town (legislative capital). The countries that border South Africa are Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Namibia. The bodies of water that border the country are the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean. The GPS coordinates are 27˚32' S 32˚41' E. The climatic conditions in South Africa are largely dependent on the altitude of the area in question and its proximity to one of the oceans. Climate does, therefore, vary considerably regionally. Sodwana Bay looks beautiful! It has icy blue water that looks cold but refreshing. It was very hard to find the history about Sodwana Bay, but finally I found something that is somewhat about the history. Classified as one of the top dive sites in the world this 50km reef complex boasts with approximately 95 species hard and soft coral, sponges, other invertebrates and in the region of 1200 fish species. It is visited by approximately 35,000 scuba-divers per year. For a distance of 2km vast valleys of 700m deep are scattered around. We call these Submarine Canyon. It was in one of these canyons on the 27th November 2000 that the Coelacanth was rediscovered. It is important because it is not only a Bay, but they also have a National Park about Sodwana Bay. Somebody in the 1950's proclaimed the National Park an Angler and divers paradise. Sodwana Bay is 4,679.01 miles from Baía de Todos os Santos. I flew by plane to here! I was able to just go straight through to Sodwana Bay without any stops along the way. It cost me $1, 234 to get here. I feel very good about traveling and where I have been so far because nothing has really gone wrong!

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I am visiting Baía de Todos os Santos. It is a bay in Brazil. The capital of Brazil is Brasilia. The countries that border Brazil are Amapa, Guyane, Suriname, Guyana, Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Tocantis, and Maranhao. The Atlantic Ocean is the body of water that borders Brazil. The GPS coordinates are 12˚48 S 38˚38 W. The climate of Brazil is very hot and humid. Baía de Todos os Santos is very pretty with the tropical trees around beaches on the bay. The first European man to disembark in Morro de São Paulo was Martin Alfonso de Souza in 1531, leading an expedition encharged to explore the coast of the new continent. This bay surrounds part of the city of Salvador. The other part is surrounded by open ocean. It was discovered by Amerigo Vespucci. Baía de Todos os Santos is the main and biggest bay of the state of Bahia, Brazil, and that is why it is so important. It is 8,973.38 miles from Shark Bay in Western Australia. Again, I flew to my location from an airplane. The biggest difference from where I am now to when I was in Australia was the way the people here talk because they talk in Portuguese in Brazil. It cost me $11,889.74 for the flight here. I didn't have any problems on my flight to here.

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I am visiting Shark Bay. Shark Bay is located in Western Australia and the capital of Australia is Canberra. There are no countries that border Australia! Australia is bordered by the Indian Ocean, the pacific ocean, and many bays. The GPS Coordinates are 26˚0' S 121˚0' E. The Australian climate varies widely, but the main climate is the dry, hot, humid climate. Prior to European settlement the Shark Bay area was part of the tribal lands of the Nganda and Malgana people. The Bay’s waters provided their main source of food consisting of fish, shell fish and the larger marine animals such as turtles. The oldest remains of settlement in the Bay have been found at Eagle Bluff. It is 2,943.13 miles from James Bay and I flew by plane. The flight costs $1698.90 for just me.