So many of us love and worship the beach, and flock to it whenever we can. We all know about the cream colored or white sanded beaches, and some have had the fortune of visiting beaches painted with pink sand. Now go into your imagination and pick up an artist’s brush. Travel in your mind to your favorite beach and use your magical brush to paint the sand black. Yes, black. Do not forget to paint the sand that is in the water. When you are finished using your black paint, stand back and admire the results. Start by standing on your beach on a perfectly sunny day. See how black and beautiful the sand looks? And look at the ocean, how its blues are so deep that they almost look purple. Now allow the skies to become overcast and watch as the ocean blues acquire a definite tone of charcoal gray, blending smoothly with the beautiful sand. Stay here for as long as you like and paint this gorgeous seascape with the colors of sunrise or sunset.
Is this spectacular or what? Black sanded beaches are a gift from our oceans, as they pound incessantly at the lava rock from which islands like the big Hawaii are born. standing on that beach and crouching to scoop up handfuls of its black sand was such a wonderful experience for me that I did not mind having that sand getting in my open shoes and between my toes one bit. I do not think I need to tell you here that I never bothered to remove that rare and beautiful sand, I just let it leave my shoes on its own time, I wanted it touching my feet for as long as it was going to stay in my footwear, knowing full well that the touch of black sand, as well as every other instant of my life in the Hawaiian islands, was a once in a lifetime experience.
Papaya, Lava and the Fishes 
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