I asked him to repeat himself three times, because every time he said “Coral Beach” I saw the color. Then he explained: rather than a beach made of sand, millions of tiny coral pieces had gathered to create this beach.
The sand there was a story of organisms that had lived long ago, a collection of memories. It was as if each had been a tiny star in the water that had lived and burned and blinked out. This is what was left.
And I found myself sitting there for hours, reading, staring at the small islands farther out, feeling the history and the serenity of this tiny corner of the world.
{photos of Coral Beach, Isle of Skye, Scotland; taken by me}
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What a surreal view in your third photo. The second one made me go “Ouch!” This may be a silly question, but do people walk over that to get to the water? I grew up spending half of my time at the beach, these photos bought back beautiful memories of the little pieces of coral and shells I had as a kid. Bliss! Loving hearing about your adventure (and I promise to have an email back to you soon!)x
Now I want to go see it for myself! Beautiful pictures.
Breath. TAKING! This made me gasp with child-like wonder. Sigh.
Completely beautiful – and wonderful pictures as well Brandi
I just want to live there! Dreaming dreaming dreaming…
For the first time I, too, saw many tiny pieces of coral like this that made up much of a beach. I had a hard time not picking up every single piece to put in my pocket and keep forever. I’m loving these pictures of your visit!
i can picture this whole scene like its a movie! you go, girl!
xo
sami
this place looks truly amazing!
xo,
Sandy
Sandy a la Mode
What an amazing place!!! Love it!!!
Oh Brandi! “The sand there was a story of organisms that had lived long ago, a collection of memories. It was as if each had been a tiny star in the water that had lived and burned and blinked out. This is what was left.” Perfect!
That is the most amazing thing ever! I go crazy every time I find a shell on my beach that looks like it was a part of a coral reef at one point. They’re all so unique and rather rare on the beach where I live. So to see a whole beach of them, I think I’d want to take the entire beach home with me!
The beach looks amazing and your pictures are fantastic! xo
That’s amazing. And that first line, “I asked him to repeat himself three times, because every time he said “Coral Beach” I saw the color,” literally gave me goosebumps. That line is so romantic.