North Carolina is famous for some of the most beautiful beaches in U.S. We were planning on going to the beach since I moved here, but for different reasons we couldn't make it in last two months. But with the occasion of my friend Nate visiting, we thought this would be the perfect time to make this happen. So, finally we made it to the beach last weekend!
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| Blissful solitude |
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I grew up in a beautiful port city called Chittagong, where going to the beach on weekends was a pretty usual fun family activity for us. Some of my favorite childhood photos were actually taken at the beach. But since moving to Dhaka, and suddenly losing my younger sister in water accident, my mom became overprotective about us and would never let us go to the beach by ourselves. The last time I went to the beach and actually played with water was in 2011. We went to the Shirahama (White sand) Beach in Isu island with a bunch of friends visiting my house, which was 4 hours by train from Tokyo. It was very beautiful with white sand and blue water, I still remember the day. After that I've been around the beach few times but didn't really go close and play with the water. So, finally going to the beach, especially with two of my most favorite people made me super excited!
We wanted to start early, but we ended up staying unusually late, so couldn't make it that early. It took us about 2.5 hours to get to the Topsail beach and by the time we reached it was past noon. When I first dipped my feet in the sand it was hot as hell but as soon as we got into the water it was unbelievably comfortable and pleasing. It was supposed to rain that day but luckily it didn't. Both the sky and water were pretty blue color and there were surfers riding on the beautiful waves.
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| Play time! |
We played and jumped in the water for hours, after many many years it felt like I went back to my childhood. Also, after long time, I went out with my actual camera and took some photos. I lied down with my back on the sand where waves could come and touch me up to my chin, I could feel the relaxing rhythm of them coming and going by. We talked about adult life but played like kids, and captured the memories in some pretty photos to cherish them years after. It was an amazing day!
We left the beach after 5 hours being burnt and I couldn't move my back and feet for next two days. But it was totally worth going, and I'm looking forward to some more fun trips as fall is coming soon.
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