Most of the time I’m a really sociable person, but when I go to the beach, I do love somewhere quiet and uncluttered. A few bicycles are just fine, as long as their riders are nowhere to be seen.
Ah yes, this is just perfect……..one dead tree and no live people!
I’m quite willing to share my paddling space with one gull, but that’s about as generous as I get.
Of course, one must always be prepared for an unexpected interruption of such paradisical minimalism. A jogger might suddenly appear, whilst at the same time, a head pops up for air from the hitherto unpopulated sand.
I hope you’ve enjoyed my minimalist beach pics for Ailsa’s Travel Theme.
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Now THAT’S my idea of a beach! Great photo’s, whereabouts in the world is it located? Have a nice day 🙂
Thanks, Debbie. It’s a beautiful seaside resort called Umhlanga Rocks, South Africa, where I lived until a few months ago. 🙂
I would love to go to the beach, right about now. 🙂 Nice share, Sylvia. 🙂
Thanks, Marcy. Me too. 🙂
I’m with you Sylvia! I love the beach and truly enjoy it when there are but a few people. Gorgeous beaches you have here! Cheers 🙂
Thanks so much, Lola. We are of like minds. 🙂
At the beach, we don’t need much. Just the water, the sand and the Sun are all we need for one perfect beautiful day.
So true. I could really do with a beach holiday right now. 🙂
Interesting post…just a tiny, tiny bit like me…But you had more people in your post!
Hahaha. I think those two people were two too many. 😀
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Solitary beaches are hard to find like the ones you have photographed…really nice. I hope the new year brings you lots of happiness.
Thanks, Karen. We seem to have been really lucky with finding solitary beaches. I wish I had one close by right now. 🙂
Love the huge palm tree shadow creeping across the sand and NO people in your first shot Sylvia !
Thanks, Poppy. It was such a gorgeous day. I could go back to that beach in a heartbeat. 🙂
Love the peacefulness of the first two!
Thanks, Frank. Me too. 🙂
It looks just perfect that beach, just as I love it!
You’d be welcome any time, Ute. 🙂
Wonderful composed photos, and it looks like a fantastic place to stay for some calmness:)
Thanks so much. Great to see you again. 🙂
Thank you:) Have been busy offline, new job, studies… Like life can be;)
That photo of the head is priceless, she probably liked the beach to herself too, that’s why she was in a bunker…
Hahaha. Yes, it was quite a lucky shot, wasn’t it? 🙂
sure was…
You are funny, Sylvia – “one dead tree and no live people!” I’ve never been a fan of crowded beaches myself but usually prefer “one or more palm trees and no people” 🙂
Hehehe….me too, Annette, but we can’t always be too choosy. 🙂
These are lovely but the last one is priceless. Imagine a beach full of heads popping out of the sand!
Haha. That would be really bizarre, wouldn’t it? 😯
I’m with you – the main thing is to enjoy the water. Great pictures!
Thanks Meg. 🙂
I love your first two pics and it’s always what I hope to see when I go out to the beach, but then never seems to happen. My personal space gets constantly hijacked. But the one good thing is if I make it early enough I get about 30 minutes of quiet
Thanks, TG. Only thirty minutes of quiet sounds rather minimalistic to me. 😦
Such beautiful pictures of the beach. You practically had the place to yourself. However, the head popping out of the sand was a surprise!! haha! Enjoy the rest of the holiday season!
Thanks so much, Constance. Glad you enjoyed. 🙂
Oh, you do make me laugh! A joy-filled 2015 to you, Ad 🙂
That’s good, Jo. 🙂
Lovely photo’s of this beach.
Thanks, Marylou. 🙂
Luckily we can find unpopulated beaches around here quite easily. Especially around this time of year…. That last shot was definitely luck and a good eye to take advantage of it! 😉
Hahaha. Yes, I was quite pleased with that last shot. 🙂
A few bicycles make anything nicer 🙂
Of course you would say that. 🙂
Who….meeeeee? 😮 😛
Such a great picture at the end. hahaha! I’m with you on crowded beaches, although you do get some funny shots of people exposing what they shouldn’t, and wonder why they do! 🙂
Thanks, Marsha. Yes, it’s usually those who really shouldn’t, who reveal too much. 😯
Yes, they think they are as free as the birds, but they are not nearly as pretty as the ones you post. 🙂
I agree with you. I also love a quiet beach. Nothing better that the sound of the ripples on the sand… 😉
Thanks, Marina. Now I’m longing for a beach holiday. 🙂
I wish I was sitting RIGHT there beside you ( in silence of course)
Hehehe. Of course. 😀
Wonderful views… 🙂
I wonder a bit if a woman just pop up from the sand – how fast and how big..? 😀
Thanks, Drake. I didn’t see the rest of her. 🙂
Though I am not a beach goer but I am with you on having less people at the beach is better. I think few folks come and go once in a while but not a crowded time.
I can’t enjoy a beach if there are more than a couple of people. 🙂
I don’t like crowds but I would never lay on a beach so I’m happy to see a few people!
I do occasionally like to sit under an umbrella and watch the waves, but these days I get too restless without a comfortable chair to sit on. 🙂
You are a person after my own heart, Sylvia. I get like that about people when I take my dog out for a walk cross country!
I know what you mean, Sarah. How dare they invade YOUR territory? 😀
Gorgeous beach! Imagine having all that space to yourself. I’m just in from shoveling snow so warming my hands over your photos.
Yes, shovelling snow isn’t nearly as much fun as building sandcastles. 🙂
Oh, my, the colour of that water is divine! (Pic #1)
I presume you’re referring to the water in Belize in the first pic. 🙂
I’m with you!! Nothing better than a still stretch of beach with unobstructed views. Nice to people watch every now and then, though…so entertaining!!
Thanks, Elisa. Good to see you again. 🙂
I like it quiet as well…. will only share with the small bikini wearers…. lol
Well of course, bulldog. Minimalist bikinis. 🙂
I wish I was there, I miss it so. Great photos!
Thanks, Jan. me too. 🙂
I can only be around crowds and throngs of people for so long before I must reclaim my space. Loved your shots, especially the top one.
Thanks so much, Nancy. Me too. 🙂
I can feel the warmth from here…
Thanks, Gerry. I’m glad you can. 🙂
Wait wait wait a second, I expected a groundhog, where did this one pop up from 😛
I know! Isn’t it amazing? 😀
I’d love to pop up like that in Hawaii! 😉
Great, peaceful photos! I’m very much a minimalist too…like it where it’s quiet.
Thanks, Tiny. I loathe crowded beaches.
Haha, it’s indeed like she just popped up. Lovely photos.
Thanks, Marion. 🙂