Chandipur is said to have one of the longest beaches in the world. But this is only partially true. To be precise, for 12 hours a day it has one of the longest beaches, and for the other 12 hours it has probably one of the shortest. Following the cycles of the moon, the sea recedes five kilometers each day unveiling long stretches of sand. Later, the sea returns to cover it all up again.
Apparently there are only two other beaches in the world like this: one in Norway, the other in California.
When we first visited the beach, we had to walk a kilometer from the guesthouse before the water reached knee level. But then in the evening, after dinner when we were playing cards, we had as our background music the sound of waves crashing against nearby rocks.
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Is the slope super-shallow or do you run the risk of being engulfed in water if you stand far out as the tide comes in?
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